After hearing this, Li Hao thought that something had happened to Minglan and hurriedly asked, "But what happened to your girl." ”

Xiao Tao hurriedly said: "No, Miss is fine, you can come with me quickly, Miss is still waiting for you in the house." As he spoke, he was about to pull Li Hao's sleeve and walk out, Li Hao hurriedly said: "Don't worry, my carriage is outside the courtyard, and it will be very fast to take the carriage." ”

Then he took Xiao Tao and walked outside the courtyard, waited for Li Hao and Fu Deng to get into the carriage, let the coachman drive, and Xiao Tao sat on the wheel and rushed to Sheng Mansion. On the way, Xiao Tao kept urging the driver to hurry up.

After leaving, Li Hao said to Xiao Tao: "Don't worry, you'll be here soon." Besides, what the hell is going on, you are in such a hurry to call me over, and you don't make it clear. ”

After hearing this, Xiao Tao replied: "I don't know the specifics, it's just that the lord has not come back since he went to court, and the family is in a hurry now, and then Miss asked me to call you to the house." ”

After hearing this, Li Hao roughly guessed that it was estimated that Sheng Hong was pitted by Sheng Changfeng and now happened, but he will see it after he gets the details, after all, he came here, and if anything changes, he may not be sure.

When he arrived at the Sheng Mansion, under the guidance of Xiao Tao, Li Hao went straight to Shou'an Hall. When I arrived at Shou'an Hall, I saw that in addition to the old lady and Minglan , Mrs. Wang was also there, and when she saw Li Hao coming, Mrs. Wang hurriedly came over and said, "Brother Hao, your uncle has not returned to the court so far." Just now, your brother Changbai went to the Qi State Mansion to inquire about the news and came back, and the county lord of Pingning said that the official family had lost his temper and locked up several people in the palace. Now I don't know why, you are familiar with Master Ouyang, I want you to help me find out, and see if your uncle is safe. ”

After hearing this, Li Hao confirmed that things were the same as he guessed, but he didn't expect it to break out after so long. So he said: "Don't worry, eldest lady, I will go to Bachelor Ouyang's mansion and ask if Bachelor Ouyang knows about this." However, the eldest lady doesn't have to worry too much, this dynasty has always treated civil officials preferentially, and today's officials are not too benevolent to embarrass the courtiers. Besides, if there was really a big event, there should have been news in the palace a long time ago, and now that there is no movement, I think my uncle will be fine. ”

After hearing this, the old lady also said: "Brother Hao'er is reasonable, you don't have to be so flustered, the first thing is to tighten the fence and watch the door, don't let your family make any mess and be seen as a joke." ”

Then he said to Li Hao: "Brother Hao, this matter will be troublesome to you, no matter what, I will send it back when there is news." ”

Li Hao agreed: "Okay, I'll go to Ouyang Bachelor's Mansion now, and if there is any news, I will send it immediately." Then he left the Sheng Mansion under the guidance of Xiao Tao.

When he got into the carriage, Li Hao knew in his heart that Sheng Hong should be fine, but there was an accident, so he still asked the coachman to drive to Ouyang Mansion.

When I arrived at Ouyang's mansion, I entered the main hall after the report, and found that in addition to Ouyang Xiu sitting on the top, there was also a woman who looked nearly forty years old, only to see the double ring bun brushed on both sides, and the jade manchi lotus leaf hairpin was inserted.

After Li Hao saw it, he guessed that this was Ouyang Xiu's wife, Xue. Sure enough, I heard Ouyang Xiu introduce later: "This is your uncle, Mrs. Xue, who has just returned to Beijing from her hometown." Then he said to the Xue family: "This is Li Hao, the Qin brother I mentioned to you, and now he has won this Tanhua." ”

After hearing this, Li Hao hurriedly saluted the Xue family, and then the Xue family asked Li Hao to get up and sit down.

After Li Hao was done, Ouyang Xiu asked, "Why are you in such a hurry today?" ”

Li Hao replied: "I really have something to do with my uncle today. Because my family has relatives in Bianjing, it is the Sheng family of Jiying Lane. ”

After hearing this, Ouyang Xiu asked suspiciously: "I haven't heard you mention this matter, the family information you filled in during the imperial examination didn't have this item." ”

Li Hao said: "Just because my grandfather was seriously ill and the family was in the middle of the road, my aunt had to marry someone as a concubine for the sake of the family's livelihood, and the person who married was Jun Shenghong, the head of the Sheng family in Jiying Lane. My aunt had only one daughter, and she passed away. Today, my cousin hurriedly came to my house, saying that the court had long since dispersed, and the other officials had returned home. But my Uncle Sheng has never heard from him, and he has never left the palace, so he asked me to inquire. But how did I know the news from the DPRK and China, so I had to come to disturb my uncle to see if there was any news from my uncle. ”

Ouyang Xiu said after hearing this: "If you want to say that I really know some news about this, you also know that now the official family has no children under his knees, and there are many discussions among the court and the people about the establishment of the prince, and today your uncle is involved, and the consequences are unpredictable." ”

Li Hao was very strange, and said: "My Uncle Sheng has been cautious all his life, and he has never been a person who would rather not do more than do more, according to his character, he will never fall into it." ”

Ouyang Xiu laughed after hearing this, and said, "You really know your uncle." Don't worry, although I don't know the specific situation, but the officials have no intention of investigating deeply, and they detained these officials just to kill chickens and make an example of monkeys, but your uncle was unlucky enough to be that chicken. ”

After hearing this, Li Hao said: "In this way, then I will rest assured, and I will tell the news later." ”

Ouyang Xiu then said: "But on this matter, I should ask you, in this current situation, how do you think you should choose." ”

After hearing this, Li Hao said: "My cousin has said the answer to this matter, and I think it makes some sense." ”

"Oh, let's hear about it." Ouyang Xiu said.

Li Hao replied: "My cousin's original words are that the eldest husband should be loyal and patriotic, it is better to be a pure minister, why bother with unnecessary disputes." ”

Ouyang Xiu said three times after hearing this: "Okay, good." Then he said, "I didn't expect a girl's family to have such knowledge, it's rare." ”

Then I heard Xue suddenly say: "Master, this is a little underestimated by the women of the world, the predecessors don't say it, it is Zhang Xianmingsu Empress who wins but I don't know how many men." ”

After hearing this, Ouyang Xiu smiled and said, "Madam, I just lost my words. ”

Li Hao interjected at this time to please Xue and said, "Yes, this is what my uncle said wrongly." There is a saying that women are not as good as men, and women can also win their eyebrows. ”

Xue Shi was very happy when he heard this, and said, "Brother Hao'er said this well. If you can think of this, it will be her blessing that a girl can marry you in the future. ”

Li Hao didn't want to answer this after hearing this, for fear that it would be a headache again. Hurriedly changed the topic and said: "The main reason for coming here today is because of this matter, and it is estimated that my cousin and they are still restless at home at this time." I'll go back and tell them about the situation first, so that they can rest assured. ”

After saying that, he got up and said goodbye. When he returned to Shengfu, Li Hao went directly to Shou'an Hall, at this time Mrs. Wang was no longer there, only the old lady and Minglan were there.

So Li Hao said to the two: "I just came out of Bachelor Ouyang's mansion, and Bachelor Ouyang said that my uncle was detained in the palace because of the matter of arguing about the establishment of the prince. ”

As a result, as soon as he finished saying this, Li Hao heard the voice of Mrs. Wang behind him: "Isn't that a catastrophe?" Then he saw that his feet were soft, and he fell to the ground, but fortunately the maid beside him helped him.

Seeing this situation, Li Hao hurriedly said: "Don't worry, the eldest lady, the uncle should just be implicated, I asked the Ouyang Bachelor, the bachelor clearly said that the official family had never thought of making a big move in this matter, and the detention of the uncle's people was just to deter some ill-intentioned courtiers, and it is estimated that the uncle will be able to return to the house tomorrow, and the eldest lady does not have to worry too much." ”

After hearing this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Then the old lady said: "Brother Hao'er for your hard work, I should have thanked you, but there is something at home today, and the lord is not there, and when Hong'er comes back, he will let him thank you personally." ”

Then the lady of the king on the side also echoed: "When the lord of my family comes back, I will go to the door to thank you." ”

Li Hao said: "The two families are relatives, this is what I should do, no need to thank you." ”

After hearing this, the old lady said: "Having said that, I should still be thanked." But if there is something at home today, I won't leave you behind. Then he said to Minglan : "You go and send your cousin out." ”

Minglan nodded yes, and led Li Hao out of the house, although Li Hao said that he wanted to see the good show of Lin Xiaoniang and Mrs. Wang in the Sheng Mansion, but after all, outsiders couldn't get involved, so he also said goodbye and followed Minglan away.