Nervous and panicked, Li Chongshan was not in a hurry to enter the palace. m.

If he goes, outsiders will only think that he has a weak heart, for fear that Qin Hai will ask himself for responsibility in front of the emperor, and then push Xu Chen's collusion with Tartar on him in a few words.

However, although Li Chongshan really had this level of worry, he held back the urgency for a while, and while Shi Zhangbi and Zhang Luo were preparing tea for the lawyers, and chatting casually, he ordered the sedan chair at home to squat at the back door.

At the end of the duty, the lawyers in the courtyard of the six departments on duty were almost dispersed, and Li Chongshan came out of the warm pavilion, under the pretext of going to the toilet, turned to the back door and plunged into the sedan chair, panting and beckoning the sedan chair man to return home.

As soon as he entered the door, the steward stepped forward and said, "Lord Xu came from the back door and has arranged for him to wait in the study." ”

Xu Chen's collaborator with the enemy is well known, and none of the flattering and kind words in the old days are missing at this time, but they are not treated well, and five or six have come to this moment. The steward thought to himself that no matter who came at this moment, Li Chongshan wanted to see him.

On the way back, the sedan driver was in a hurry, and several times he encountered bumps and almost threw Li Chongshan out, his blue and white messy hair was a little messy and scattered behind his head, and the corners of his clothes behind his waist were wrinkled.

"I'll change my clothes and wash up first." Li Chongshan frowned and walked to the bedroom and asked, "Has the son come home?" ”

The steward followed and said, "I came back half an hour ago, saying that I heard Xu Chen in the Hanlin Academy...... Worried that you won't be able to cope with it alone, I took leave with Shangguan, but Shangguan was a hot and cold person, so he specially rented a sedan chair to send his son back. ”

Li Chongshan said: "It's good to come back, you go and tell him, I bought the calligraphy and paintings he saw a while ago and hung them in the study, and he has always had the heart to invite friends to come and appreciate them, just today." I'm fine here, how it used to be, it's business as usual today. ”

After saying that, he went in the door to change his clothes, and the servant called hot water for Li Chongshan's mirror, and another maid came in to comb his hair and tie his hair.

Li Chongshan saw that it was not Mrs. Li who came in, but the maid who usually served Mrs. Li to comb her hair, so he asked, "Where did Mrs. go at this time?" ”

The maid combed her hair and replied calmly: "Yesterday, a miracle doctor said that there is a temple outside the city to ask for orders and solve the lot, and Mrs. thinks that the son's career is stable for the time being, but your career is not coming out, so I want to go and worship." Early this morning, I invited the divine doctor to go with me, and because I had to be sincere and spiritual, I had to stay in the temple for three or five days before returning. ”

Li Chongshan only heard that Mrs. Li spent money to keep the divine doctor Dongfang Liang in the mansion, but he was so busy that he has not seen the true face of the divine doctor so far. And no one in the court at home is seriously ill, and he doesn't need Dongfang Liang for a while, so it's not impossible to spend time with his wife.

After a while, the steward came back from Li Bozhang and said, "Gongzi said that Gongzi Chen promised Miss Chen to go home today to learn chess skills, and she will not be empty." Although I was idle listening to Xu Xiu's writing, I was just worried that Tang Xiu's sudden invitation would disturb Xu Xiu's purity and ruin the friendship between the two gentlemen. ”

"You just go to Tonggongzi and tell him that Master Xu is drinking with me, for fear that he will be greedy and fall on the road, and someone must pick him up. If Xu Xiuzuo comes, it is not bad for the two to appreciate famous paintings and promote the friendship between gentlemen. ”

The steward was running errands in the middle, and after listening to the words, he had to run to the other side to spread the word, and came back to Li Chongshan and said that Gongzi had sent someone to invite him.

The steward thought that Li Chongshan should go to the study now, and was about to go to the kitchen to order the servant to make hot wine.

Who knew that Li Chongshan asked him to go to the account office to pay ten taels of silver and go to the street. "Today, Lin Lian, the celebrant of ceremonies, will go to the warm house to buy pastries for the emperor and all the ladies, you take the silver, and say that you will make tea money with Gonggong Lin, and when this year's good tea is cooked, I will personally send a few bags of fresh tea to visit."

The steward didn't dare to ask more, muttering in his heart why Lord Xu didn't go to see Master Xu, but instead cared about Xu Xiushu and Gonggong Lin.

At the second watch, Li Chongshan ate a bowl of porridge in the room, with a plate of mustard, and Xu Wei ate the same two foods in the study, and the two finished eating in different rooms, and the steward came in briskly in the moonlight.

"The little one originally thought that at this juncture, how could the adults only know how to send tea money to Grandpa Lin, and when they saw Grandpa Lin and listened to those words, they realized that it was a dull little mind."

Seeing that Li Chongshan's cheeks were tight, the steward stopped gossiping, and said everything he said when he saw Lin Gonggong.

It turned out that after the governor of Qin Hai entered the palace today, he first went to see the princess who had the same marriage with Qin Can, the ninth son of the Qin family.

"Gonggong Lin let the adults relax, the person is dead, and he will not come back to life if he is allowed to talk nonsense. Whether people are good or bad, whether there is treason or not, depends on the lip service and ability of each family. Isn't there still a lot of lawyer in the capital right now, and the adults can choose one or two people for their own use, but they should not be neglected in terms of righteousness and benefit. ”

Li Chongshan already had a plan in his heart, and without waiting for Xu Yuan to arrive, he went to the study to see Xu Bao first.

"Are you alright?"

Xu Mo saw Li Chongshan push the door in, hurriedly got up to greet him, and couldn't help but pull Li Chongshan's sleeves with both hands.

Seeing Li Chongshan staring at him with his hands stunned, Xu Bao immediately realized that he had trespassed, hurriedly withdrew his hand, and turned around to hand over the prepared gift.

"Come on, bring these who are not afraid of falling into the mouth?"

Xu Bao didn't know whether Li Chongshan was referring to the gift table of concern, or the gift of begging, so he put the gift aside, and said with a depressed expression: "This was originally for adults to make up for their bodies, and it was ready as early as three or five days, how do you know that today I learned the bad news of my brother, and the lower officials were panicked for a while, and their brains were not clear, and they didn't know what to prepare to ask for adults......"

Li Chongshan asked: "What are you going to ask this official for, to avenge Xu Chen, or to keep your Xu family safe?" ”

Xu Bao repeatedly arched his hands and said: "Yes, yes!" The lower officials also know that they are greedy, but this is also human nature, and the lower officials are really helpless. ”

"How do you know that Xu Chen is really wronged, in case he really colludes with the Tartars and intends to rebel?" Li Chongshan took a sip of warm water, saw that Xu was in a trance, and knew that he had no bottom in his heart, so he didn't ask anymore.

The two of them sat down and said a few words, and after about half an hour, the steward said outside the door: "Xu Xiushu has arrived, can you meet Xu Xiushu?" ”

Xu Mask glared when he heard this.

Lord Li invited Xu Yuan here, could it be that he planned to recruit Xu Yuan into his command? Thinking like this, he couldn't help but feel a little blocked in his heart, Lord Li would never do things so suddenly, he must have planned it in advance, and he had negotiated with Xu Yuan a few times, but he never heard half a word in Xu Yuan's mouth.

Xu Bao looked at Li Chongshan expectantly and apprehensively, and then looked at the door.

Will Master Li let Xu Yuan in?

Li Chongshan said: "Xu Xiuzuo was invited by Gongzi to appreciate the painting, and he came to me to do something, so that Gongzi could entertain him." ”

Xu Mian secretly breathed a sigh of relief.