The banquet set up at the home of Cheng Ruhai, the secretary of the Criminal Department, was mainly for Li Xu and others to pick up the wind and wash the dust.

Cheng Mansion was full of lights and celebrations, and Li Xu sat on the seat next to Cheng Ruhai and accepted the congratulations of his colleagues.

"Master Li is young, he has such a deed, and he has a bright future in the future."

"This shouldn't be said by you, it comes from the mouth of Master Cheng, so it counts."

The crowd laughed.

Li Xushi, Su Huai's disciple, after entering the Criminal Department, helped everyone complete several cases, and the Criminal Department was repeatedly rewarded by the imperial court.

So most people have a very good impression of Li Xu.

"The imperial court will naturally reuse such talents." Cheng Ruhai looked at Li Xu, with a smile on his face.

Li Xu immediately saluted Cheng Ruhai with wine, and everyone at the table also accompanied him to drink.

Someone drank two more glasses, and said with the strength of the wine: "It's just a pity that the banquet in the palace was not allowed to let Master Li go, which is more or less unfair." ”

Cheng Ruhai shook his head: "That's the emperor's order to reward the soldiers who returned from victory, and the officials of our criminal department naturally can't go." ”

"There's nothing to go to, I heard that the banquet was dispersed early.

It was said before that the emperor would reuse that Song general, but now it seems that ...... The reward didn't come, can this Song general lead troops again......"

The man stopped abruptly at this point, just kept shaking his head, obviously not completely drunk, and still had scruples.

But this aroused everyone's interest.

"How?"

The man who spoke looked at Li Xu: "Lord Li, you have come back from Changzhou, and the affairs of Changzhou must be clearer than us, whether that General Song was seriously injured in Changzhou?" ”

Everyone looked at Li Xu.

Li Xu raised his head: "It is not surprising that it is common to lead troops to fight and get injured. ”

The man seemed to be a little disappointed when he heard this, but immediately remembered something: "But I heard that those bandits that Lord Song caught on the way to Beijing are also very vicious on weekdays, if Lord Song is injured, how can he personally lead people to besiege those bandits?" ”

"What the hell are you trying to say?" Finally, someone couldn't help but ask.

The man looked around and saw that Cheng Ruhai didn't stop him, so he lowered his voice: "I heard that Lord Song didn't attend the palace banquet, it's not because the old injury has recurred, but because there are other reasons. ”

"What's the reason, hurry up, I'm dying."

"Such news will spread all over the capital tomorrow, what's the use of you hiding it."

"yes, it's going to be a good deal."

The man couldn't bear the coaxing of everyone, so he had to say: "The Queen Mother gave Miss Xu a lot of rewards a few days ago, that was because she wanted to let the Zhang family marry the Xu family, but I didn't expect that Zhang He's heart was difficult to change, and he didn't wait for Miss Xu to go to the capital, so he went to see his daughter-in-law halfway, and was caught by the prince of Anyihou, beaten violently, and was forced to wear a woman's dress and sent to the yamen as a thief.

In order to appease the Zhang family, the emperor ordered Song Chengxuan to push the marriage of the Xu family, and Song Chengxuan finally climbed such a big tree as An Yihou, but naturally refused to agree, which made Long Yan angry and was thrown out of the palace. ”

Li Xu listened to these words, frowned slightly, this sounds untrue, but some places should be true, the emperor does not want Song Chengxuan to marry Marquis Anyi, the emperor must take the military power in his own hands, and the power in the hands of the generals cannot be too big, otherwise there will be chaos.

Although An Yihou did not lead troops for many years, he had some reputation among military generals and nobles.

When he was in the north, he heard that Northern Xinjiang can be so stable because of the relationship between An Yihou, many generals in Northern Xinjiang were promoted by An Yihou, so that the Zhang family still did not control the entire Northern Xinjiang for many years in the north, in order to be able to maintain those generals and let them have a place, An Yihou has been fighting with the Zhang family in the court.

The generals of Northern Xinjiang have no dealings with An Yihou on the surface, but they will definitely be grateful for An Yihou's kindness in private, and if An Yihou wants to move, someone will inevitably echo him.

Fortunately, An Yihou has no intention of leading the troops over the years, and the prince of An Yihou is a gentleman, so the emperor has less suspicion of An Yihou.

But now An Yihou wants to marry the Song family, Song Chengxuan is brave and good at fighting, he was supported by soldiers in Quanzhou, and Changzhou became famous in a war, such a person was entrusted with a heavy task by the imperial court, and he will inevitably become a commander, if he takes over the relationship left by An Yihou, it is like a tiger with wings, and it will become a disaster in time.

With such a trade-off, if the emperor wants to use Song Chengxuan, he has to block this family business.

Song Chengxuan also thought about this in his heart before entering Beijing, but he still did not give up, which shows that he is bound to win this family business.

Li Xu couldn't help but see the scene of Song Chengxuan and Xu Qinghuan standing together, the interests of the Marquis of Anyi's Mansion are worth Song Chengxuan's adventure, Song Chengxuan also has some affection for Miss Xu, and now that he is frustrated, it does not mean that he has no chance to take over Changzhou.

After today's events, who else dares to go to Changzhou to serve?

Song Chengxuan, a general who has made great contributions, ended up like this because of the revenge of the Queen Mother and the Zhang family, unless it is the Zhang family's party, I am afraid that few people have such courage to recommend themselves.

Li Xu's eyes flashed slightly, Song Chengxuan had already regarded Changzhou as a bag.

"Master Lee."

Li Xu raised his wine glass and drank with everyone.

"If it were me, I wouldn't dare to marry that Miss Xu."

"No matter where you go, there are cases happening, and today there is a death in the mansion of the eldest princess of Jiashan...... This eldest lady is a bad star. ”

"I see you're drunk," Cheng Ruhai said with a bit of reproach in his voice, "Carry him to sober up, so as not to keep his mouth open." ”

That's almost the end of the feast.

Everyone took this opportunity to get up and say goodbye and leave, and Li Xu walked out of Cheng's mansion and walked towards the Li family's house.

I don't know how long I walked.

"You can't drink enough!" A familiar voice came.

Li Xu raised his head and saw Xu Qing'an.

Xu Qing'an, Qi Defang, Huang Qinghe and the three of them walked over head-on.

"This is Master Li," Qi Defang saw Li Xu first, "Lord Li, do you want to come with us for another drink?" ”

"He won't go," Xu Qing'an said with a smile, "Lord Li will definitely be entangled in official business." ”

Qi Defang and Li Xu greeted each other, and Li Xu said, "Where did you come from?" ”

"The Xu family," Qi Defang said, "The Xu family held a banquet, and we used to congratulate them." ”

Li Xu looked ahead, and it turned out that not far away was the Anyi Marquis Mansion, and he walked here unconsciously.

"Master Li," Xu Qing'an said, "if you don't go, we'll go first." It was impossible for Li Xu to go drinking with them, so he was polite, and then everyone parted ways.

"I happened to hand in an errand, and I was light when I had nothing to do," Li Xu looked at Xu Qing'an, "Since I met here, I will also join in the fun." ”

Li Xu really came, and Xu Qingan immediately restrained his smile.

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