Nie Bao threw Xu Ping in prison for half a month and ignored it, thinking that the fire was almost over, so he was arraigned again.

In the study, Nie Bao and Xu Ping didn't speak first, the tea was changed twice, Nie Bao put down the teacup and stared at Xu Ping, "Know what you did wrong?" ”

His eyes were bloodshot, and his neck was bruised, "I'm not wrong, it's the one surnamed Zhao who has no bottom line." ”

"Hehe, this is what you learned about the unity of knowledge and action? I was so disappointed. Nie Bao shook his head and sighed: "I will only go straight to the middle, I won't bend in the middle, what great things can I achieve?"

Xu Ping stood up in a daze, his ears were like a thunderbolt, buzzing, he was ashamed or shocked in his heart, and the full moon between the branches outside the window was trying to break out of the dark clouds, and it was going to rain when the wind started.

The dim light shone on his pale and cold face, but Nie Bao's eyes were filled with warmth.

Nie Bao took a sip of tea and stared at him lightly, "Hehe, what do you dare to talk about seeking truth from facts now?" Yang Minggong's mind, how much have you realized? ”

Xu Ping was at a loss, only to feel that his face was hot, "The student is ashamed of himself, his mind is broad and profound, and I can't comprehend one ten-thousandth." ”

"It's not bad, it's not bad, it's still self-aware." Nie Bao nodded, "How do you plan to end this farce?" ”

Xu Ping craned his neck, his eyes blazing, "Where you fall and where you get up, please ask the teacher for grace, I plan to go back to Yanping and seal all those silver mines." ”

"Hmph, big talk! If you can seal fifty percent, I will personally go to the scribe's department to ask for credit for you. Nie Bao shook his head and said, "How many days does it take to ban the mine?"

"Uh......, at least three months."

"If it doesn't work, it's too long, Yan Song and Zhao Wenhua won't give you this opportunity at all."

"How long it will take, please tell the teacher."

"Well...... in my opinion, it's only a month."

Xu Ping's eyes widened, and his chin almost fell to the ground, "This ...... How is it possible, a month is not enough to walk through the silver mines. ”

"I don't care about this, it's decided in a month." Nie Bao frowned and waved his hand, "To tell you the truth, this matter involves a civil uprising, and the court is furious, only by closing the case as soon as possible and giving an explanation to the Ministry and the Cabinet, otherwise Da Luo Immortal will not be able to save you." ”

Xu Ping sat down on the chair, only to feel that his hands and feet were cold, and the face of Emperor Yongjia suddenly flashed in his mind, and he couldn't help blurting out: "The gods can't become immortals, and the saints are always okay today, right?"

"Humph! Until now, you are still lucky, even the emperor can't save you, do you think those imperial envoys are eating dry food? With that, Nie Bao threw himself away.

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Non-stop, Xu Ping rushed back to the Tuishi Mansion in the starry night, and when he went to the main hall of the backyard, he found that Qiu Min and Yan Wu had prepared supper and were waiting for him.

glaring at her fiercely, Xu Ping went straight over and leaned on the bamboo couch, took off his boots, and felt that his whole body was falling apart.

"Poof!" Qiu Minqiang couldn't help laughing and kicked him lightly, "Hey, are you hungry?" The meal is on the table, alas, ......, look at your dead appearance, this girl will wash your feet in a basin for you. ”

"No, I can't afford it." Xu Ping jumped up suddenly, "Don't you have any medicine in the meal, right?" ”

"Phew, I've had arsenic, do you have the courage to eat it?"

"Stinky girl, why don't you dare, a full ghost is better than a hungry ghost." Xu Ping jumped over barefoot and lowered his head to gobble up.

Qiu Min brought a wooden basin and put it on the ground, straightened out his messy sideburns, and said with a long sigh of relief: "Bah, boy, remember, no one wants to get used to you, if someone doesn't take care of you in advance, according to my temper, that day in the lobby of the Patrol Mansion, I will let you die without a place to be buried."

Boom, Xu Ping put down his rice bowl and stared at her, "Yo ho, I still have to thank you for that?" Your uncle who drank the blood of soldiers was dismissed and imprisoned because of me, and you wish that I was robbed and killed, would you be so kind? Hehe, don't you necessarily say that you were talking the opposite at the time? After a pause, as if he suddenly remembered something, he asked again: "By the way, you just said that someone asked you to take care of me, who is he?"

"Huh, want to know? This girl just won't tell you. Qiu Min jumped on the bamboo couch and turned to the wall.

Xu Jie, Yang Bo, Yan Shifan...... These names went through his mind, and Xu Ping's thoughts finally stopped on a white shadow, "I...... My mother, yes, it must have been my mother who told you? ”

Yilu sat up, Qiu Min's eyes were round and staring at him, "Oh? Who's your mother? How could I have met her? ”

Xu Ping ran over in two or three steps, sat down opposite her, and said, "You should have seen her, she is Yan Shifan's third lady."

Qiu Min was dumbfounded, and suddenly smiled dumbly after a while, "No wonder some people say that you are stupid and stupid, the third lady has never left the house, how could you give birth to such a stupid son?" I actually want to recognize the little pavilion guy as my father, and I want to climb the high branches and go crazy, right? ”

Xu Ping ignored her, lowered his head blankly, and muttered: "My intuition tells me that it must be her, who cares about me in this world except my mother......"

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The next day, Xu Ping summoned his subordinate scribes and errand officers, and a group of dozens of people went straight to Shaxian.

In the hall of the county office, Xu Ping drank up six pots of tea, and the county order still did not show up for a long time, and ordered the team leader to urge, and replied that Diao County ordered to go to Pingxiang Township and let the magistrate wait.

The sun was setting in the west, the shade of the trees was no longer calling, dozens of people were waiting in the lobby, no one greeted the meal, and even the errand man who poured the tea was gone.

The scribes and servants became restless.

Qiu Min tugged at Xu Ping's clothes and whispered in his ear: "Boy, you don't have to do an errand like this, you don't eat or drink and look at people's faces, no matter how you do this, you should run out."

Seeing that he didn't squeak when he pulled his face, Qiu Min couldn't help but remind him again, Xu Ping suddenly got up, his neck was bruised, his face was blue, his eyes swept everyone, and he said: "Damn, no one should complain, what we do is a thankless errand, if you don't want to do it, go home and pick up the child for your wife."

There was a commotion in the crowd, and a few scribes were angry, and they raised their feet and wanted to go out.

Suddenly, Xu Ping said again: "As the saying goes, my brother still settles accounts, and I won't let everyone follow me to work hard in vain, so I simply make it clear, and I will never withdraw troops if I don't seal him a few silver mines today." Don't even think about resting, everyone. Hehe, I'm not an unreasonable person, who among us have relatives and acquaintances digging silver mines, and now there is still a discussion in the report, and the most unfortunate ten mines are left in three, hmph, if it is after today, a mine will not want to stay. ”

Coaxing, there was chaos in the lobby, several scribes gathered together to whisper, and before long, a scribe with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks dared to ask: "Lord Xu, do you count?" If our relatives seal up the mine as you say, and you give up halfway, will we not be left to complain? ”

"!" Xu Ping pulled his neck and said: "The governor only gives me half a month's period, otherwise I will be dismissed from the palace and imprisoned, you think about it with your toes, can Lao Tzu not play with his life?"

The scribe bowed his head and muttered for a long time, and finally gritted his teeth and stomped his feet: "Okay, I'm also out today, Lord Xu will tell you the truth, my father-in-law is the mayor of Shaxian Town, and he has opened eight or nine mines openly or secretly, in a word, how many mines will you leave behind?"

"How many mines does he have, how many do he support in name or covertly?"

"There are two of them, and the rest are owned by others."

Xu Ping lowered his head and muttered for a moment, and finally patted his chest and said: "Cheng, this Lao Tzu fights, you listen well, your father-in-law's own mine, keep one of the two, as for the others, all ......, all of them will be sealed."

The scribe lowered his head for a moment, nodded and gave a thumbs up: "Okay, two stay one, the adults have enough to do below, don't say anything, I'll go and invite my father-in-law."