"Brother Shi Wen gave birth to a good son! All-round talent in civil and military affairs, he has done many big things at a young age, unlike this stupid boy in my family, who still flies eagles and dogs all day long, and he is not in shape. Li Xiaogong praised without hesitation and led Xiao Rui to the living room.

The two sides sat down separately, and Li Chongyi, who was the same age as Xiao Rui, stood beside his father and served, not daring to sit with him.

"Chongyi, you go down to study, I have business to discuss with your brother of the Xiao family." Li Xiaogong broke away his son and drove away the housekeeper and subordinates.

Looking back at Xiao Rui again, "Your kid has been overwhelmed by the entire Chang'an officialdom recently, and you won't come to my palace for no reason today." Tell me, is there anything I need help with? ”

This......

Xiao Rui was extremely embarrassed, Li Xiaogong was so close to him, but he came to Xingshi to ask for guilt, and he didn't know how to speak for a while.

"You Xiao Rui fought the court at the beginning, and you were not a person who stumbled. You have a marriage contract with Xiangcheng, and according to your seniority, you should call me uncle. If there is any difficulty that needs to be taken care of by the uncle, you are welcome. ”

"Alas......" sighed, and Xiao Rui stubbornly handed over the paper.

Li Xiaogong took it puzzled and looked at it carefully.

After a while, his face sank like water, and he no longer had the demeanor of bathing in the spring breeze and carrying the younger generations just now.

Xiao Rui bowed and saluted: "The prince has been fighting horses all his life, and he has made great contributions to the country, and Xiao Rui has always admired him. Be loved by you, and let the younger generation call you uncle. But the public is public, and the private is private. The juniors were offended. ”

Li Xiaogong asked in a deep voice: "I heard that many people have been checking my Hejian County Wangfu in the past two days, is it your kid's person?" How, this is a matter of paper, but the facts? ”

Looking at the other party's face, Xiao Rui nodded stubbornly and said, "The junior personally supervised the verification, and checked it again and again, and it was indeed true." ”

"Then how are you going to investigate this king?" Li Xiaogong looked at Xiao Rui playfully.

Xiao Rui raised his head and looked at him fearlessly, "Naturally, it is a fair case." ”

"Oh? In this case, it can be like investigating Feng Deyi's father and son, and just bring someone to take this king, why come alone and do this extra move? Afraid of a rebellion? You can't take it? I heard that you can have a tie with Yu Chi Jingde, and this king asks himself if his martial arts are not as good as Jingde. ”

What's that? Wei Chi Jingde is a draw with me? Who passed it on? Xiao Rui was confused.

Who? Of course, it's Wei Chi Jingde himself, is he embarrassed to tell the truth? Losing to a doll, there is nowhere to put the old face, and it is embarrassing enough to say that a tie is enough.

Shaking his head, putting aside these distracting thoughts, he bowed respectfully again, and Xiao Rui said sincerely: "The Hejian County Palace's encroachment on the land of the people has caused many people to be displaced and homeless. This is an established fact, and the evidence is conclusive. Today, the younger generation came alone, not to ask the teacher about the crime, but to ask the uncle if he didn't know something. ”

Li Xiaogong couldn't help but glance at this kid, neither humble nor arrogant, not chaotic in danger, this temperament alone far surpasses all his peers.

simply turned around, sat down again, and pointed to the stool beside Xiao Rui, "Since it's not Xingshi who asks for guilt, you handed over the prayer note and visited as a private person, so sit down and say." ”

"I learned from my father that you are a famous general of the clan and have made great achievements for the Tang Dynasty. Over the years, you have been conscientious and loyal, and no matter which ministry you are in, you have never made a mistake. Your Majesty ascended the throne, after the change of the Yuan, you took the initiative to remove the military power, and served as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites. ”

Li Xiaogong waved his hand and interrupted: "This king doesn't need your junior to flatter him in person. ”

Xiao Rui simply asked bluntly: "Ahem! The younger generation understands many things, and people who are familiar with you say that you are not a greedy person, although you cannot be considered frugal in life, but you are never extravagant. But in the past two years, why have there been rumors that the king of Hejian is very fond of money, and even unscrupulous means to collect money. Isn't it a means for you to insult yourself in order to avoid suspicion? ”

Li Xiaogong laughed wildly, "This king has even handed over the military power, why do you need to insult yourself again?" ”

Xiao Rui was puzzled: "What I saw when I entered the mansion today, except for the larger mansion of your palace, the decorations are very ordinary, which is completely inconsistent with the rumors. The only thing that can be called extravagant is the robe on your body. But as far as the younger generations know, not to mention the money involved in the case this time, it is the reward you have received in the past few years, and it shouldn't make the family look shabby, right? ”

At this time, Xiao Rui speculated more and more that Li Xiaogong had a problem, where did his money go? The luxurious robe on his body shows that his greed for money is to show it to outsiders. In this way, many people who want to cling to him all know his hobbies, and it is easier to collect money. But what about his money?

Looking at Xiao Rui's eyes full of curiosity, Li Xiaogong sighed with emotion: "You beat Feng Yandao on the street, and everyone thinks you are a brainless and reckless man." Maybe the person who writes the kind of splendid masterpiece of chivalry, how can he be a reckless man? Sure enough, you're a kid with a fine heart. ”

"Anyway, you are always a public heart, for the sake of your niece Xiangcheng, it doesn't hurt to tell you."

"Come on, bring the account books of the Hejian fiefdom in the past few years."

The old housekeeper personally ran over with more than a dozen account books, glanced at Xiao Rui with hatred in his eyes, and put down the account books dissatisfied.

Li Xiaogong scolded: "Go and get fifty lashes yourself." ”

"Huh? Uncle, why is this so? Xiao Rui hurriedly dissuaded, and said in his heart No, I came to Xingshi to ask about the crime, shouldn't the people in the palace be annoyed by me?

Li Xiaogong didn't speak, the old housekeeper bowed down and promised, without asking why, without the slightest dissatisfaction, it was obvious that the people in this palace were all forbidden by order in the army in terms of temperament.

couldn't take care of other people's family affairs, so Xiao Rui had to look down at the account books. Ten lines at a glance, in less than half an hour, after reading all the more than a dozen thick account books, Xiao Rui sat there stunned, his eyes were full of shock.

After coming back to his senses, Xiao Rui got up and tidied up his robe, and made a big salute to Li Xiaogong again, "The younger generation is ignorant, apologize to the uncle." ”

Li Xiaogong said with a smile: "You can straighten out the account books of Hejian for three years so quickly, just this hand, you can top half of the wine bag and rice bag of the household, you kid, is there anything else you won't have?" ”

"Alas...... Everyone in the world knows that I, Li Xiaogong, are greedy for money, but I was born in the royal family, in addition to high-ranking officials and Houlu, there is also a royal family, where is there a shortage of money? The year before last, I went on a trip by chance and met a group of begging veterans, a group of veterans who were born and died with me, and finally retired and returned to their hometown due to disability. ”

"I never imagined that those former brothers would be reduced to the point of begging on the streets? I always thought that they would marry a wife and have children in their hometown and retire in a stable manner, but who would have thought about it...... How unfair is fate? ”

"Since then, my Hejian County Royal Mansion has been short of money, whether it is officials or businessmen, come to give gifts and money, this king has never refused."

"With the money, I slowly visited and contacted some of my suffering comrades and veterans, and settled them properly, and gradually the number of them increased. By this year, there were almost 3,000 people, but fortunately, they were all old or disabled, and they were not afraid of committing taboos. But when the number of people increases, the expenses are getting bigger and bigger, building houses, buying land, raising livestock, marrying wives and having children, and so on. ”

"I thought it would be placed between my fiefdom river, so it was easy to take care of, and it wasn't too difficult. Five taels of silver is enough for an ordinary family to live for a year, which is a trivial matter for me as a prince. ”

"Unexpectedly, I repeatedly restrained, but there was still a mistake. The matter of occupying the land and settling the old ministry was entrusted to the housekeeper's son. If you hadn't come today, this king wouldn't have known that he would have forcibly seized the people's fertile land behind my back, causing the common people to be displaced, which is really hateful! ”

"Beating him with fifty lashes is the royal family's law. As for the case, how should you punish it, how to compensate, just follow the regulations, and this king will admit it. ”

Looking at Li Xiaogong, who was broad-minded and upright, Xiao Rui couldn't help but be in awe, "The words and deeds of the prince are admired by Xiao Rui!" ”

At this moment, the subordinate quickly barged in, "Oh no, Lord Wang, Doctor Wei of Yushitai came to the door with dozens of officials and threatened to ask for people." ”

Wei black face? Who did he ask for this king? Li Xiaogong was puzzled.

Xiao Rui patted his head, "I misunderstood, it must be Lao Wei who was worried that something would happen to me and came over." ”