It is said that Li You investigated and dealt with Mu Chengfeng's conspiracy case in Xuyi, confiscated six weapons and a dragon robe, and then threw the prisoner to the custody of Xuyi County, where the prison was already full.

At this time, the Ma family fulfilled the agreement and sent a little lady over. Sure enough, she is similar to the concubine of Wang Zhizhou, although she is clothed and hairpinned, it is difficult to hide her difference. Li You, who is accustomed to seeing beauties, couldn't help but praise "The appearance of snow-skinned flowers is uneven", and this Ma Qianli did not deceive him.

It is said that the reason why Yu Wan'er knew that Li You wanted to accept the beauty of the Ma family was because the patriarch of the Ma family deliberately showed off to Yujia Village... Li You went to the mansion again and reported to Yang Futai the results of Mu Chengfeng's rebellion. It's not that Master Li deliberately shows off in person, he doesn't know what to do, it's just that reporting afterwards is the proper meaning of officialdom.

However, Futai's face was extremely ugly, as if Li You owed him hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, which made Master Li feel that Xuyi couldn't stay for a long time and had to leave.

Because Yang Futai, a second-class master, seemed to have been suffocated into a volcano that was about to erupt, Master Li felt that he might become an innocent victim at any time.

Although he didn't think it was his fault, if he continued to be in the same place with Yang Futai, he would be very insecure, and it would be reassuring to return to his own territory early.

Besides, the Sizhou homeless people rebelled and sent concubines before, and I don't know what else they will do, people's imagination is endless, and it is safer to stay away from these homeless people.

All in all, there are too many hidden dangers in Xuyi at present, and it is impossible to sort it out, so it is the best policy to withdraw as soon as possible when the great work is done.

And Lord Li took into account not only the above, but also about the imperial court's reward. Although it is not known when this reward will arrive, it is clear that receiving it in Yangzhou has the best effect.

First, you can take the opportunity to boast of great achievements and the grace of the imperial court in Yangzhou City, which will help establish a lofty image in the hearts of the local people and make it easier to govern the local government in the future. At the same time, by boasting of meritorious deeds, it can play a role in deterring the government office, the salt administration department and the giant businessmen and gentry.

The second is that Yangzhou City is a prosperous metropolis extending in all directions, and a fashionable place in the north and east of the Yangtze River. Of course, the influence of being rewarded in Yangzhou City is countless times greater than that in a remote county, and the publicity effect is not trivial, and Li You can't help but value it.

On a crisp autumn morning in the early October of the eighth year of Jinghe, Li You and his guards quietly left Xuyi, waved their sleeves, and took away all their merits, but left more than 20,000 homeless people.

Yujiacun has already marched to Gaoyou in batches, and after Yu Wan'er asked Li You about the beauty of the Ma family, she also left Xuyi with the idea of "there is no cat in the world that does not steal", presumably Bao Zhizhou will properly settle the Yu family.

However, the patriarch Ma and his clansmen are still stranded in Xuyi, because Li You's performance has also taken credit for quelling the rebellion and the righteous Ma family, and the court will probably give him a little reward. Patriarch Ma didn't want to miss this, so he planned to stay in Xuyi and wait for the imperial court to reward him, and then make plans.

When we arrived in Yangzhou City, it had already begun to enter the middle of October. It was exactly two months from the time I left home in mid-August.

The whole family saw that the old man brought in another quite dazzling beauty, and they were in different moods. The little lady of the Ma family was still a little interested in competing for favor, but when she saw that the concubines of the Li family were all outstanding, and thought of Mrs. Yu who lived in Gaoyou temporarily, her heart suddenly cooled a little... After returning to the room, Cheng Xiaoniang took out a pen and paper and wrote to the Ten Kings of Beijing: Every time the master goes out, he will return with a harvest, go to the slave family in Beijing, go to Gaoyou to get the Yu family, and go to Sizhou to get the Ma family, so far the house at home is almost useless. In the long run, how can the love be... That night, Li You stayed in the main room where Mrs. Liu was. After dinner, he lazily lay on the special recliner, comfortable and comfortable. Compared with the thrilling of guarding the embankment with the back of the ancestral tomb, Yangzhou City is really a calm place, at most there are some flies waiting to be swatted.

Thinking of his achievements, Li You said to his wife with a little pride: "This time I went to Huaisi and saved the royal ancestral tomb, the court will have all kinds of rewards, and it is indispensable to seal your wife and son, and you will be the wife of the Emperor in the future." I got a nine-grade official position from your family back then, but now I have made a lot of money with interest, and I didn't lose you. ”

Li You thought of something again, and said jokingly: "The lady still needs to work hard, if the court shows grace, but there is no son to receive it, wouldn't you be in a hurry." ”

Mrs. Liu, who was sitting on the embroidery pier, bowed her head when she heard this, but she covered her face with her hands and cried silently. Li You was stunned, it was a joke in the boudoir, but he didn't expect his wife to react so much.

The maidservant Mei Zhi angrily threw the wooden basin in her hand to the ground, "The master is so unreasonable, my young lady has no children so far, don't you have any responsibility?" ”

"Businessmen value profit over separation, sir, you do the same as an official, right? At the end of July of the previous year, you and my young lady got married, and only three or four months later, you went to Fucheng to take up a post. After that, they lived separately for half a year, until the family moved to Fucheng in March and April last year, and they were reunited. But only four months later, you left home again and went to Jingshi, and this time it was eight months. followed you to Yangzhou for less than three months, and you left home for two months without returning. ”

In the end, Mei Zhi concluded: "It's been more than two years since you got married, and you haven't been at home for less than a year, sir. In less than a year, there are still several rooms. We have no children in this house, and you are also responsible, sir, you can't just say that my young lady is not. ”

The calculation is really accurate, Master Li is speechless. After a long time, he said: "Yes, when I get to this room, and you come to share the time, I think you are happier than the lady." ”

Mei Zhi blushed and said angrily: "Didn't you insist on pulling the little maid that time, master?" The little maid had to accompany the young lady, but she never took the initiative to seduce you! ”

Mrs. Liu listened to the interesting bickering between the two of them, and couldn't help laughing.

When Master Li was about to continue to tease Mei Zhi, a servant from the outer courtyard reported: "The old man of the Jin family is visiting. ”

What did you do when you didn't spend a million years of drinking at night? Li You was puzzled, but it was not easy to refuse to see him, and while passing the word to bring in Jin Million, he put on his coat and went to the front hall.

When Mr. Jin saw Li You, he explained: "There are a few things to tell the virtuous son-in-law, but it is clear that the virtuous son-in-law must be extremely busy and may not have time, so the old man came overnight to hope that the virtuous son-in-law should not be blamed." ”

Li You secretly thought that what he said was not bad, and it is estimated that the people who visit him will be able to line up to the east of the city tomorrow, and there is a backlog of countless government affairs to be judged, and he will inevitably be very busy. "It's all my own family, so let's do it!"

"One is the draft of the three daughters of my Jin family. When the virtuous son-in-law went to Sizhou, Xiu Xian sent to Yangzhou, but he didn't see many guests, and it was inconvenient to see him without you introducing the old man. Now that Qincha has gone to Jiangnan, I heard that he will pass through Yangzhou when he returns these days, and he will have to trouble his virtuous son-in-law to pull the strings. ”

Li You nodded and said, "This matter is Yier, on me." ”

"The second thing is the matter of the Gaoyou Du family..."Jin Million observed Li You's face, and deliberately stopped talking.

"What's wrong with the Du family?" Li You frowned. The Du family's case involved complicated matters, and he went to Hongze Lake before the trial was completed, and is still being held in the county prison.

Jin Million smiled bitterly, "Don't hide it from the virtuous son-in-law, but the old man has to say good things for the Du family." This Du Zhengjian is loyal to the old man, and he has been friends for more than ten years..."

"So what? The law of the country is in front, and the law is unforgiving! Li You said, very strange in his heart, Jin Million didn't come to intercede two months ago, and at this time he ran over to say this, what happened?

Jin Million said helplessly: "That's what I said, this is also the reason, and the old man didn't intend to embarrass the virtuous son-in-law, but now it's inappropriate." There are many people working under the old man, all over the place, not only Du Zhengjian. Everyone knows that you and the old man are relatives, but when they saw that you blatantly arrested the Du family, the old man did not go to the rescue, which seemed too ruthless and unjust. It is inevitable that the rabbit will die and the fox will be sad and the people's hearts will be unstable. ”

Unstable people's hearts? Li You tasted these four words, and then asked, "Is this the case recently?" ”

"It has been spread in the past two months, and it is said that the old man is not benevolent enough to cling to power and is not worthy of service. There are also rumors that the old man colluded with you inside and outside to deliberately seize the Du family's property. ”

Li You concluded: "Someone must be fueling the trouble!" ”

He added: "This matter is to be decided by me, and then I will think about it." ”

The organizational system of transporting and selling illicit salt in the Golden Million, Li You plans to absorb it completely at the right time, and does not want it to become fragmented and disheartened. It would be more troublesome to tinker with that, and it would be better to rebuild it from scratch.

However, this is indeed a piece of fat, and it is normal for people with a heart to covet it, and even Li You himself covets it for the eldest princess.

However, what makes Li You uncertain is whether it has anything to do with the Salt Transportation Division this time? Could it be that the discord he had inflicted when he bluffed to attack the Yanyun Division before he left had an effect? This is not entirely a bad thing, so we will have to wait a little longer.

After saying this, Jin Million changed the topic again. "There is another family matter, don't worry about it... The cheap one offered a reward of 20,000 taels for the idea of recruiting Guangzheng, just to get Sister Bao out of the Li family. ”

Li You was furious and said: "I don't know what to do! ”

Jin Million persuaded: "The virtuous son-in-law is angry, the old man has no such idea, it is just a woman's nonsense, and it will be over in a few days." Thinking that no one in Yangzhou City dared to touch the tiger whiskers of the virtuous son-in-law, in the end he had to give up, and the virtuous son-in-law must not be angry again. ”

Li You sneered a few times, "What you said is right, I think whoever in Yangzhou City dares to come up with this idea, be careful that the official cleans up his whole family!" ”

"By the way, there's one more thing," Jin Million remembered again.

Li You was impatient, why was it only two months away from home, and there were so many things, and they came one after another. Thinking about it again, there will be two feet of official documents to deal with tomorrow, and it will be even more of a headache.

"Jin Million" heard something from the government office, the government arrested a Suzhou person, and kept claiming to be your brother and brother, but I don't know whether it's true or not. ”

Brother? Li You estimated that this eighty percent was fake. He has an elder brother Li Zuo, who has no talent and no ability, and is just guarding the inn industry in his hometown in Xujiang County.

How could this Yangzhou government go to Suzhou Mansion to arrest people, there is no reason in the world to act like this. Thinking of this, Li You smiled and said: "If there is really such a thing, how can it not enter my ears?" How did I not hear about it, and how do you know about it? ”

Jin Million said with a little smugness: "There is a prison in the government prison, who knows the relationship between you and me, and secretly only goes to me to report the news." In addition, the government is silent, and the county government naturally does not know. ”

Li You sighed in his heart, this person's surname is really incurable, of course, it is better to sell the golden million report than to give him Li You a reward for reporting the letter..."It is said that the prisoner is somewhat similar to your eyebrows, but he is slightly shorter than you, and there is a black mole on his ear..."

Hearing this, Li You's face changed, this appearance is indeed his brother...

(To be continued)