Li Xiaoqi and Lu Feng were talking, and as soon as they had eaten, the little guy rushed in to report that Su Zicheng's car was about to arrive at the door.

The two hurriedly went out, Su Zicheng had already gotten out of the car in the second gate, about just came out of the palace, wearing a black silk dragon gown, with a jade belt tied around his waist, which looked even more cold and sharp.

From a distance, Yu Yuanshan saw Su Zicheng and the others first, and hurriedly stood up, raised his feet forward, but turned around stiffly, ran to Liu Mingyi's side in two steps, and whispered a few words.

Liu Mingyi slowly stood up, shook his robe, and suddenly said with a long sigh: "Everyone•••••• I have exhausted my mind to wait for ••••••, and in the future, we will do whatever we want." The sound of silk and bamboo from the water pavilion in the lake lingered, gradually disappearing into the void, and the flower hall was so quiet that you could hear the sound of leaves falling to the ground.

Su Zicheng put his hands behind his back, stopped four or five steps away from the door of the flower hall, and looked at the people in the hall calmly and indifferently. Liu Mingyi took a deep breath, walked out of the flower hall with a sly step, went down the steps, picked up his robe and knelt on the ground, Su Zicheng watched him meticulously finish the big gift of three kneels and nine kowtows without saying a word, and then stretched out his hand to help Liu Mingyi up, and said with a smile: "The old master is old, so there is no need to do this big gift in the future." ”

Behind Liu Mingyi, the eighteen captive officers also knelt down and bowed, got up and stood with their hands down, Su Zicheng happily let everyone: "Don't be so restrained, everyone is free, let's go in and talk." ”

At this time, Wisteria and Danyue had already commanded many girls and mothers-in-law, carried away the low table with leftover cold wine in the flower hall, replaced a few clean stools, and served tea.

Su Zicheng sat straight on the large armchair, looked left and right, and nodded with satisfaction, Lu Feng looked around at the seat and was about to sit down with Su Zicheng, Li Xiaoqi pulled him back and retreated straight to the side of Dongping, Dongping hurriedly went to the side, and quietly signaled Nanning to find two round drum stools and moved them over for the two to sit on.

Everyone sat on the round bench with a long body, Liu Mingyi stood up, and thanked him to the end: "The prince taught, we have benefited a lot, and we should have done our best to thank the prince for the grace of reconstruction, but it is really old and unbearable, and it is already when the oil is exhausted. Su Zicheng frowned, the cup in his hand was slowly put on a few points, Liu Mingyi looked at the cup that Su Zicheng put on a few from the corner of his eyes, his face was gloomy, he hugged his body and knelt on the ground, his hands fell to the ground and was about to speak, Yu Yuanshan suddenly got up and stood in the middle of the hall, and said in a deep voice: "Lord Wang, in Xia Yu Yuanshan, Pingfu ten years of Jinshi, the former Liangdi household official, good at managing financial goods, willing to serve the power of dogs and horses." ”

Li Xiaoqi secretly breathed a sigh of relief, Su Zicheng smiled at the corner of his mouth, raised his hand and ordered: "This is the luck of Xiao Wang, even so, you will enter my Liang Wangfu, and in the future, the merchants and people of Liangdi will be taken care of by Mr. Yu, which is the blessing of Xiao Wang and the blessing of the people of Liangdi." Yu Yuanshan hurriedly thanked him, and without waiting for him to retreat, An Zaihai also got up and took a long look, Qian Qian followed, and the remaining dozen or so people, you look at me, I look at you, and they are all busy standing up, saying that they are willing to do their best,

Su Zicheng turned his head to look at Liu Mingyi, who was kneeling on the ground, politely raised his hand and said with a smile: "Quickly help Master Liu up, the master is an old and virtuous person, Xiao Wang respects him very much, the master has no heart for the world, this is naturally to respect the master's ambition, turn around and let Xiao Wu send you back to your hometown, with her to take care of, the master will be able to enjoy his old age in the countryside." ”

Liu Mingyi shuddered slightly, looked up at Su Zicheng, his lips trembled for a moment, and he pleaded in a low voice: "Lord Wang, the old man has a reluctant request, and I want to thank the fifth master for his teaching in person." Lu Feng hurriedly stabbed Li Xiaoyi, put it in her ear and whispered: "Look at it, people are afraid of you!" Li Xiaoqi glanced at Lu Feng sideways, but did not answer his words, Su Zicheng hesitated for a moment, turned his head to look at Li Xiaoqi and said with a smile: "Little five? ”

Li Xiaoqi hurriedly stood up with a smile, walked in front of Liu Mingyi, arched his hand, and said with a smile: "The master is polite, the people in the countryside in the small five markets should not be 'taught', in the future, the master will return to his hometown, educate the villagers, promote the holy virtues, and benefit the neighbors, this is the blessing of the villagers in the market, Xiao Wu first thanked the master, and if there is a chance in the future, he will go to the master to listen to the master's teaching." ”

Liu Mingyi looked at Li Xiaoqi in amazement, stayed for a moment, and thanked him for a long time: "Thank you for the guidance of the fifth master, when you return to the countryside, you will be like the guidance of the fifth master, carry forward the holy virtues, educate the villagers, and be a happy people in this prosperous world." ”

Li Xiaoqi turned his head and glanced at Su Zicheng, and said with a smile: "There is no Peach Blossom Spring in the prosperous world, and it is not easy for the master to be a good squire, if there are any difficulties, don't forget the Liang Wangfu, the master is also from the Liang Wang's family, don't see the outside." ”

"What Xiao Wu said is that everything in Liangdi has been decided, and when the master returns to the countryside, don't blindly sleep high to support the elderly, but also think more about the people in the countryside, if there is anything, just send someone to look for me, or find Xiao Wu." Su Zicheng took Li Xiaoyi's words with a smile and commanded, Liu Mingyi hurriedly knelt on the ground, kowtowed a few times, and was able to return to his hometown to care for the elderly, which was something he never dreamed of. Zhao Yuxian stood in the crowd and looked at Liu Mingyi with envy, he was also old and tired, and he also wanted to go home, hug his grandson, see his family, and take care of his old age••••••

Zhao Yuxian was envious, and Wang Jihai, the official of the Criminal Department, stood up slightly, knelt on the ground and pleaded: "Lord Wang, after being old and sick for many years, I am also willing to go back to the countryside like Master Liu, carry forward the holy virtues, benefit the neighbors, educate the villagers, and dance in the countryside for the prince and the emperor's Qingming rule." Before Wang Jihai's voice fell, Zhao Yuxian also knelt on the ground, and after Zhao Yuxian, more than a dozen people knelt down and asked to return to their hometown for the elderly.

Su Zicheng didn't mind, looked at the four or five people standing one by one, turned his head to look at the black or white or gray hair kneeling on the ground, and raised his hand with a smile: "Get up, go back to your hometown, stay or stay, as long as you have the heart, you can contribute to the country, go back and let Xiao Wu arrange for you to return to your hometown, okay, Xiao Wang still has something to do, so I won't accompany you, if there is anything, just look for Xiao Wu." Saying that, Su Zicheng got up by himself, turned his head to look at Yu Yuanshan and a few others and gently commanded, "You guys go back to the house with me first." ”

Li Xiaoqi pulled Lu Feng to send Su Zicheng and the others out of the Lu Mansion Courtyard, and then turned back, looked at the prisoners who were standing around the flower hall in a restless manner, turned his head and instructed Zhang Gouzi: "You and Liushun, see if these masters still want to go back to get something, if you don't have to go back, stay here for one night first, and prepare vehicles and horses tomorrow to send them back to their hometowns." Zhang Gouzi simply agreed, Zhao Yuxian breathed a long sigh of relief, raised his hand to wipe his sweat, Liu Mingyi looked at Li Xiaoqi cautiously, before arriving home, he couldn't believe her, the sages were right, only women and villains are difficult to raise!

Zhang Gouzi beckoned everyone to go to the front yard to rest, Li Xiaoqi was anxious to rush back, turned his head to look at Lu Feng and said, "I'm going back to Willow Hutong directly, where are you going?" Today's holiday, do you want to go and see your top card? ”

"Don't go!" Lu Feng hurriedly refused: "I told you, it's just a thing, see what she does during the holidays?" Let's go back, I haven't seen Brother Li and them for a long time, let's go, go back to Erhuai and Guizi to drink! Li Xiaoqi raised his eyebrows with a smile, walked out of the gate of the courtyard with Lu Feng, and got in the car to go back to Willow Hutong.

Early the next morning, Li Zongliang and others set off to rush back to the Huwei military camp, Li Xiaoqi and Fan Da Niang sent everyone away, Fan Da Niang pulled Xiao Mi and talked about the preparation of the weaving workshop for a long time, they have a small capital, and they want to be suitable, and they are cheap, it is not easy, Li Xiaoqi listened for a long time, hung his head and thought for a moment, and said in a low voice: "Don't be in a hurry, how much can you do, how much can I do, I will think of a way." ”

Mrs. Fan looked at Li Xiaoyi, suddenly reached out and hugged her and let go, looked at Li Xiaoyi, and whispered with mixed tastes: "It's difficult for you, the embarrassment of this big ••••••family depends on you, your eldest brother is too Geng, and the man is coarse, they are all hands-off shopkeepers, who knows the difficulty of this firewood, rice, oil and salt, I still have some silver there, although it is less, take it out first, and then say, what do you say?" ”

"No need, keep it for my sister to make a dowry, the eldest brother is a throwback, Mr. Fan is also a careless, if this weaving workshop is opened, it is the Li family, and there is also the property of Brother Shuisheng, my sister's dowry is my sister's own, no matter what, my sister has silver in her own hands, everything is convenient, don't worry, I can always come up with a way, I will go first, there are important things today." Li Xiaoqi replied with a smile, Mrs. Fan nodded, sent Li Xiaoqi outside the second gate, and then turned back.

Li Xiaoqi went out and got into the car, and the car did not go to Liang Wangfu, but went to the yamen of Kaiping Mansion.

Today is the day of the triage of the three halls of the Shuitong case, considering that the prefect of Kaiping Mansion, Nan Xiude, is from the door of Ningyuan Hou, Li Xiaoqi read the case file for a few days, and discussed with Shui Yan, this case should be raised, mentioned to the Criminal Department, Dali Temple, Yushitai three halls will be tried, Shui Yan looked for the staff who were familiar with the Nan Governor's Mansion, and persuaded the South Governor's Mansion, the South Governor naturally couldn't ask for it, this case is no matter what, it is a pile of hot hot charcoal, and it can be pushed out, it is simply a high incense, and it was folded on the same day, and the next day the emperor approved the fold. The case is serious, and the three divisions of the Criminal Department, Dali Temple, and Yushitai will be tried'.

The place of this interrogation is still in the yamen of Kaiping Mansion, Li Xiaoqi got off the car in an alley behind the yamen, wore a hat, and several small servants of the Shui family guarded him, entered through the side door of the yamen, passed through a hall, and entered the retreat of the yamen, a small room, lifted the curtain and entered, and Shui Yan and Shui Lian were already sitting in the house.