Xiao Jiading just nodded, his eyes were full of sadness, but he didn't thank him again, because this was the treatment that the other party exchanged for death, how could he thank him?

Speaking of this, there was no continuation, the three of them were silent for a long time, and Li Ke waved his hand. signaled that Xiao Jiading could go back first. Xiao Jiading got up and said goodbye. The next morning, Xiao Jiading received an official letter transferring him to the Yizhou Metropolitan Governor's Mansion as Hou Changshi's deacon. This can be regarded as a smooth step for a scribe, and even Kang County Ling was so surprised that he couldn't close his mouth. The entire county government was even more boiling, and there was really an endless stream of people who came to congratulate them. The morning and afternoon dinners are about half a month later.

At noon, it was Kang County Ling who personally set up a banquet to congratulate, and at the same time, he also thanked him for several major relief of Kang County Ling during his time in Shaocheng County. The officials of the whole county came. The banquet lasted until the evening, and it was very lively.

In the evening, Xiao Jiading said goodbye and staggered back home. The house was already full of people, and it was Huang Sifang, who had been brought up by Xiao Jiading, and a few village officials and others who came to give gifts and congratulations. Xiao Jiading was so drunk that he couldn't see clearly, so he hurriedly asked Yuzhen to help him go back to his room to rest, and asked Yun Yan to make sour plum soup for him to sober up.

While he was busy, Li Ke, the king of Shu, sent someone to send an invitation card and asked Xiao Jiading to go to the palace immediately.

When Xiao Jiading heard this, could something have happened? Suddenly he woke up a lot, and hurriedly took the carriage to the Shu Palace.

When I arrived at the flower hall of the palace, I saw an old man who was a little obese talking to Li Ke, the king of Shu, and Princess Yang, and when he saw Xiao Jiading coming in, he beckoned: "Xiao Zhiyi, come over to see Hou Changshi." ”

Only then did Xiao Jiading know that the slightly blessed official in front of him was his future boss, Hou Changshi of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion. Hurriedly stepped forward and bowed: "See Hou Changshi." ”

After Hou Changshi returned the salute, he stroked his white beard and said, "Brother Xiao." The King of Shu is everyone's praise for you, and I have long heard of Brother Xiao's literary talents. Seven steps into poetry, proficient in criminal law, amazing. The King of Shu has already explained, let's continue to record prisoners this time, your opinion is my opinion, I don't understand the criminal law, everything depends on your brother. ”

"Hou Changshi is polite." Xiao Jiading said humbly, and couldn't help but burp.

Princess Yang smiled and said, "Look at you, have you drunk a lot of bars?" Come on. Then let's make a long story short, so that you can go back and rest early. - Hou Changshi, please go back first, we still have something to tell Brother Xiao. ”

"Yes, yes! The subordinate said goodbye. ”

Hou Changshi got up and said goodbye and left.

Only then did Princess Yang clapped her palms and said loudly, "You two come in!" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, two young women came out from behind the screen. Qiao Shengsheng stood in front of him.

Xiao Jiading couldn't see it really in his drunken eyes, he only felt really handsome, and thought to himself, could it be that Princess Yang sent two beauties to herself as a thank you gift? There are enough women around me, but I can't toss anymore.

Before he spoke. Princess Yang also said first: "Two girls, let me introduce you, this Xiao brother is our first talent in Yizhou." can become a poem in seven steps, and once competed with Lu Zhaolin, the first genius in the capital, on the same stage and tied for the first place. Hehe, he is currently the deacon of the Hou Changshi of the Yizhou Metropolitan Governor's Mansion. He is proficient in criminal law and is the main person in charge of this prisoner recruitment. - Brother Xiao, let me introduce you to two distinguished guests from the capital. The. is the emperor's favorite concubine Wu Jieyu's sister Wu Yueniang. This is the granddaughter of the prime minister of the eldest grandson, the eldest grandson Yanran. ”

When Xiao Jiading heard this, his head buzzed. Busy taking two steps forward, blinking his eyes, trying to stare, and finally saw the two girls in front of him clearly, aren't they Wu Yueniang and Eldest Sun Yanran?

Wu Yueniang just looked the drunk in front of her up and down lightly, and frowned slightly. When he saw Xiao Jiading before, he had oil paint on his face, and his voice was deliberately hoarse and out of tune, so he didn't associate the drunken scholar in front of him with the majestic Xiao Dalang on Xianguo Island.

The eldest grandson Yanran was pleasantly surprised, and couldn't help but pounce. Immediately saw Xiao Jiading's stopped eyes, and immediately remembered what she had said on the island, and asked her not to let outsiders know that she had seen Xiao Jiading's true face, so she quickly stopped, and her surprised face also returned to calm, in order not to let her eyes betray herself, she even lowered a pair of beautiful eyes and looked at the ground.

Fortunately, her expression did not fall into the eyes of Li Ke and Princess Yang, because the eyes of both of them were focused on Wu Yueniang. They also knew that this was not a good opportunity for the two to meet, because Xiao Jiading was drunk and had a bad impression, but there was no way, because they were going to leave for the capital the next day, and they didn't know if they could come back. There was no time for them to delay, and they also believed that Xiao Jiading's talent would gradually conquer Wu Yueniang's heart. As for the eldest grandson Yanran, she was the daughter of the enemy, but the grudge between the two parties had nothing to do with her, so Li Ke didn't treat her well, but neither husband and wife paid attention to her, this is human nature, and it just gave the eldest grandson Yanran the opportunity to cover up her gaffe.

Li Ke smiled and said: "Brother Xiao, Miss Wu and Miss Eldest Sun, the two of them, came to Yizhou to relax, I just heard that you are going to record prisoners everywhere, and the two of them are also very proficient in criminal law, so I want to go with you, what do you think?" ”

Xiao Jiading's head was a little cloudy, and when he heard this, he hurriedly bowed down and said: "Welcome, the two girls are proficient in criminal law, and with the guidance of the two girls, it will be more secure to record prisoners." ”

Today's emperor Li Zhi attaches great importance to the law, and in order to curry favor with the emperor, Wu Zetian naturally also works hard to study the law so that he can have a common language with the emperor. As Wu Zetian's younger sister, Wu Yueniang was also deeply affected, so she also had a deep study of the law. As for the eldest grandson Yanran, his grandfather, the eldest grandson Wuji, was a famous jurist in ancient China and the main writer of the "Tang Law Shu Yi", as his granddaughter, the eldest grandson Yanran naturally also has a deep knowledge of law.

Wu Yueniang tilted her head and said to Li Ke: "Third brother, you found this drunkard who loves wine and greedy to accompany us?" ”

Li Ke is the third brother of Wu Yueniang's emperor's brother-in-law, and the two are in-laws, so he also calls Li Ke that.

Without waiting for Li Ke to speak, Xiao Jiading burped and chanted: "If the sky doesn't love wine, the wine star is not in the sky." If the earth does not love wine, there shall be no fountain of wine on the earth. - Heaven and earth are still like this, how much more so are we mortals? ”

Li Ke laughed. "How's that?" I said he could write poetry in seven steps, right? Believe it now, right? ”

Wu Yueniang looked Xiao Jiading up and down at this time, and saw that in addition to being drunk and indecent, he was also handsome and chic, and his speech was not sour, and this improvisation also had a sense of pride. Not only did his impression improve a little, he snorted lightly, looked at Xiao Jiading, and said, "I can't see it, you are still a little funny as a scholar." Alright, when are we going to go to record prisoners? ”

"Tomorrow!" Li Ke on the side helped answer. "Tomorrow we will enter Beijing, you will go to record prisoners, and you have already issued an official document."

"Alright then!" Wu Yueniang said to Princess Yang: "Sister-in-law Princess, I'm hungry, and I don't want to eat?" ”

Princess Yang smiled and said, "It's ready, Brother Xiao, can you eat together?" ”

"Okay!"

Hearing that Xiao Jiading was going to stay, the eldest grandson Yanran was overjoyed and followed him to the dining hall. A wine feast has been set up here. Li Ke deliberately arranged for Xiao Jiading to sit next to Wu Yueniang. Wu Yueniang tilted her head and looked at him: "Can you drink it?" ”

Princess Yang on the side smiled and replied for him: "A poem won by Brother Xiao Yizhou Poetry Club, one of which is: The bell and drum are not expensive enough, but I hope to be drunk and don't want to wake up!" ――Do you think he can drink or not? ”

Wu Yueniang sighed and said, "Not bad." Change to a big bowl, I want to see if this Yizhou No. 1 talent who has become a poem in seven steps is also the number one in terms of wine! ”

The eldest grandson Yanran hurriedly said: "Sister Yueniang, Xiao Zhiyi is already drunk. It's better to drink less, so as not to delay tomorrow's trip, why do you have to go to the prisoner tomorrow. ”

Xiao Jiading smiled and glanced at the eldest grandson Yanran. With a wave of his hand, he said, "It's okay, two fairy-like beauties are here, how can there be any reason not to drink to accompany you." Change the big cup! ”

Originally, what Xiao Jiading hated the most was that women were lifting their energy on the wine table, but Wu Haiyan was so rectified by him that he drilled the table legs. Now that Wu Yueniang is working hard, he naturally will not back down. However, Wu Yueniang and Wu Haiyan cannot be compared, this is likely to become his wife, and she is a big backer in the future, so naturally she can't make her family embarrassed. Therefore, he did not take the initiative to invite the cup, but only passively coped with the offer. Wu Yueniang drank three bowls with him in a row, Wu Yueniang already felt that she couldn't do it anymore, but Xiao Jiading was still like that. Only then did Wu Yueniang know that this kid drank so much that he couldn't fix it himself.

So, she pouted with the eldest grandson Yanran to toast. The eldest grandson Yanran didn't listen to her, just looked at Xiao Jiading with a smile.

In the dead of night, the banquet was over. Go back and rest in peace.

The next morning, Xiao Jiading followed Hou Changshi to the gate of the city and sent Li Ke and his wife into Beijing. Because Li Ke entered Beijing quietly this time, only a few people knew, and no one came to say goodbye. Of course, the eldest grandson Yanran and Wu Yueniang lived in the palace last night to see them off. They didn't know the reason, and thought that Li Ke was just going back to the capital to recuperate, so the chatter was very lively, which swept away a lot of Xiao Suo's atmosphere.

When Li Ke spoke to Xiao Jiading alone, he said in a low voice: "This is a rare opportunity, you have to take it well and please Miss Wu, then there will be no problem in this matter." ”

"I understand, I'll do my best."

"You can do it! I believe! Li Ke patted him on the shoulder, looked at him with a smile and said.

Xiao Jiading was beating the drum in his heart, if he was replaced by another woman, he would be full of confidence, but for Wu Yueniang, a brutal woman who couldn't figure it out, Xiao Jiading really didn't have the slightest certainty, don't look at the time when she fled before, she had forced the eldest grandson to come back to save herself, but she had seen her acting too much, and Xiao Jiading might not believe what she saw.

Tang Lin also spoke to Xiao Jiading alone, his face was heavy, and he said in a low voice: "This time the eldest grandson Wuji is ruthless, the prince is only afraid of being sad about this level, our original plan is ......, alas! I'm afraid that it won't work, you have talent and ambition, and you will definitely get ahead in the future. Let's work hard, as for our plan, I'm afraid we won't have a chance......"

Xiao Jiading saw that his expression was gloomy, and he knew that he would make a comeback, so he was relieved: "Tang Sima don't have to be discouraged, the so-called car must have a road before the mountain, and everything will be fine." ”

"I hope so!" Tang Lin let out a long sigh again, "Ya Niang doesn't take it away, she's just like my daughter, I don't want her to take risks with me, I know she likes you very much, if I follow the King of Shu and go to prison unlucky, you can redeem her and stay with you." ”

Xiao Jiading heard his words broken, blushed slightly, and hurriedly said: "Tang Sima Ji people have their own natural appearance, and they will be fine." As for Ya Niang, I will definitely take care of her, please rest assured. ”

"Hmm!" Tang Lin waved his hand and got into the carriage.

Seeing Li Ke and his wife Princess Yang also boarding the car and going away under the escort of the guards, Xiao Jiading suddenly felt a sense of sadness. This feeling of already knowing the tragic fate of the other party is not as detached and refreshing as imagined.

Seeing off Li Ke and them, Xiao Jiading and the others returned to Yamen, and the team of prisoners here was also ready to set off. Tang Lin explained that if something happened to Tang Lin, he would redeem himself for Ya Niang as a concubine, Tang Lin would not have an accident this time, so this matter was not in a hurry, and there was also the small vinegar jar of the eldest grandson Yanran, if she knew that her two Qinglou women were by her side, she didn't know how many sour sea vinegar waves she would set off.

Li Ke prepared a luxury carriage for Wu Yueniang and the eldest grandson Yanran, and for the safety of the two, both of them disguised themselves as women and participated in the recording of prisoners as Li Ke's specially invited legal advisers. Xiao Jiading also saw Wu Yueniang's personal bodyguard Granny Long, one of her legs was broken, Li Ke made him a pair of pure steel crutches, and Wu Yueniang was in a car, and she didn't recognize Xiao Jiading.

They continued their last trip, and their goal was Fangyi Mansion in Suizhou, which was the seat of the state capital of Suizhou. It is also one of the farthest states and counties from Yizhou, requiring a journey of almost three days. That night, they stayed in Penshui County, Lin Prefecture.

They were on behalf of Li Ke, the king of Shu, to record the prisoners, and there were also Hou Changshi from the capital governor of Sanpin to lead the team, and the assassin of Lin Prefecture took the civil and military officials to greet him at the gate of the city, although he was just passing by, he did not dare to slack off.

When they arrived at the yamen, they set down a feast and entertained them. Arrange to stay in the best inn in Lin Zhou that night. Xiao Jiading and they all arranged a separate suite.

Xiao Jiading returned to his room, he didn't rest immediately, nor did he light the lamp, just sat quietly in the room and waited. He knew that the eldest grandson Yanran would definitely come to him.

Sure enough, when everything was quiet, Xiao Jiading heard the sound of a gentle knock on the window, he immediately opened the window, and a black shadow floated in, accompanied by a gust of fragrant wind, and pounced into his arms. Although there was no light in the house, Xiao Jiading still saw clearly that the black shadow was the eldest grandson Yanran he was waiting for, and the two kissed tightly.

After kissing for a moment, the eldest grandson sobbed softly. (To be continued......)