Fang Yuan was a little stunned.

He has traveled through the Tang Dynasty for many years.

But this is the first time I have encountered a situation where I have been forced to ask about the relationship between men and women.

You know, this is not the era of free love in later generations.

But again, Fang Yuan didn't know how open Datang was.

The situation like the Du family is not new in the high-level of the family.

Many marriages between families or high-ranking families will be expressed before marriage.

Once the relationship is established, the development between the two generally does not interfere and acquiesces in their intimate behavior.

I don't know the source of these things.

But that didn't prevent him from answering Duhe's question.

"I like Miaoyan and I want to develop with her!"

Fang Yuan got up and said solemnly.

When the words fell, the Du family was moved.

Du Miaoyan blushed directly and lowered her head.

Du He snorted coldly and glanced at Fang Yuan.

And Du Ruhui and Mrs. Du nodded with satisfaction.

"Then those gifts just now should be regarded as wedding gifts."

Du Ruhui laughed.

When the words fell, everyone was moved again.

"Dad, so urgent?"

Du He was directly speechless.

Just came to the door to express the meaning, just regarded as a marriage?

Even if you want to marry your sister, you don't have to be in such a hurry, right?

Although my sister is not young and in her early twenties, she is still the first beauty in Chang'an City.

Du Miaoyan also looked at Du Ruhui in surprise, feeling that her father's operation really shocked her.

"What do you know?"

"Let's all go down, I have something to talk to Fang Yuan alone."

Du Ruhui waved his hand, not planning to explain to Du Miaoyan, Du He and the others.

Originally, Fang Yuan also wanted to say if he was too anxious, but when he saw that Du Ruhui had something to say to him alone, he endured it.

"Mother~"

Du Miaoyan and the others looked at Mrs. Du.

Mrs. Du is usually in charge of the Du family, but today she surprisingly has no objection.

But under her leadership, Du Miaoyan and several people were taken away, and there were only two people left in the living room.

"Fang Yuan, you should know that my body is not very good, right?"

Du Ruhui beckoned Fang Yuan to sit down at the coffee table.

Under Du Miaoyan's rendering, there is now a coffee table in Du Mansion.

Moreover, drinking tea has become a favorite of the whole of Dufu, and many people drink tea every day.

"I heard Miaoyan say it."

Fang Yuan said solemnly.

There is no need to say too many words of comfort.

There is no need to say too much when it comes to helping find a doctor.

In short, the miracle doctor Sun Simiao will help pay attention to it, and it is hard to say whether he can find it.

"I told my fortune that I would die next year."

Du Ruhui smiled and said.

"Uncle Du, fate is an ethereal thing, I can't believe it."

Fang Yuan immediately said in a deep voice.

He believes that fate is all illusory.

What fate is destined and other bullshit, it's all fake.

Fang Yuan believes that people can change their fate, and their destiny can be changed.

"I'm different from you, I believe in fate."

"I also feel that my time is running out."

Du Ruyan said with relief.

The smile seemed a little free.

Fang Yuan looked at it, not knowing how to answer for a while.

It is difficult to convince the other party if one does not believe in fate and the other believes in fate.

Especially for a high-ranking person like Du Ruhui, it is not easy to be persuaded by others.

"So I want to be able to see a good outcome for Ling and Miaoyan before I die."

"It's better to see you get married, but you don't have to be nervous, I won't force you."

Du Ruhui laughed.

One of his biggest thoughts is that he didn't see his eldest daughter get married.

The eldest daughter is gifted, and she is known as the first beauty in Chang'an City, and there are countless people who have taken a fancy to her.

If it weren't for her own life, such a woman would be a fish and meat stared at by the powerful, and she couldn't be controlled by Du Miaoyan herself.

But if he can marry Fang Yuan, it will be very good, with Fang Yuan's current identity, ordinary people don't dare to stare too much at their own daughter.

"I try."

Fang Yuan said solemnly.

He could understand the heart of a father.

But between him and Du Miaoyan, there is still a difference in heat.

It can't be said that because he is about to die, he will get married as soon as possible, and he still needs an opportunity.

Fang Yuanzhi and Du Miaoyan's development has not yet reached the point of getting married, they are just falling in love.

"That's good, I trust you."

Du Ruhui laughed.

He believed in Fang Yuan and had great confidence in Fang Yuan.

This kind of confidence was strange, but at least he felt that Fang Yuan was a credible person.

"Uncle Du, why don't you follow the emperor's wishes and cultivate for a while?"

Fang Yuan pondered for a moment, and said with a straight face.

He still hopes that Du Ruhui can rest and recuperate.

"Hahaha"

"Do you think Your Majesty really wants me to rest today?"

Du Ruhui was stunned for a moment, and then laughed.

"Isn't it?"

Fang Yuan frowned.

"Yes and no."

"Your Majesty really wants me to rest, but in fact he doesn't allow me to rest."

"Now Pei Xiang and others are biased towards the emperor, and many people in the court are distracted from His Majesty, and are dissatisfied with His Majesty's killing of his brother to the throne, if I leave, it will have a great impact on His Majesty's power."

Du Ruhui laughed.

He said this to Fang Yuan alone, and even his sister-in-law Du He never said it.

Because Du He's political consciousness is much worse than Fang Yuan's, Du He doesn't need to know so deeply, it is not good for him.

And Fang Yuan is about to be his own person, and a little bit of Fang Yuan is powerful and harmless, which will also be of great help to the Du family in the future.

"What about you."

Fang Yuan's heart trembled.

But there were no surprises.

There are very few kings who can take care of old feelings.

It's more about valuing the power in your hands and the throne you sit on.

Now many things in Datang need Du Ruhui to participate, and Li Shimin will not let Du Ruhui rest easily.

said to the outside world that he wanted Du Ruhui to have a good rest, but it was just to gain a good reputation.

But Du Ruhui did his best to follow Li Shimin's wishes, which made Fang Yuan feel puzzled.

"I don't have much to do."

"It's better to do more and keep Your Majesty in mind."

"Even if I leave in the future, Your Majesty will think more about the Du family."

Du Ruhui sighed.

He had found someone to tell his fortune, and his days were running out.

In that case, it is good to contribute yourself in the days when time is short.

Leading the people to live a better life also made Li Shimin remember his kindness more and seek happiness for his children and grandchildren.

"Uncle Du. Sagacious! ”

Fang Yuan suddenly felt a little heavy in his mood.

At the same time, I was also shocked by Du Ruhui's wisdom from the bottom of my heart.

On the one hand, guess what Li Shimin really meant.

On the other hand, Li Shimin can remember his dedication.

It is not easy for a person who died so early to still rank third in Lingyan Pavilion.

"What's not wise?"

"If I had a choice, I wouldn't need to."

"Fang Yuan, Miao Yan will ask you to take care of her in the future, please make her happy."

Du Ruhui's expression became a little lonely.

He saw a lot, but he couldn't bear to let go of those children.

"Uncle Du, don't worry!"

Fang Yuan nodded solemnly.

He knew that Du Ruhui also had his own difficulties.

With his power, facing himself, there is no need to use a word of invitation at all.

But he understands that his time is short, and it is not good for people to go to tea and cool, and not show weakness a little.

"Alright, you should go back early."

"The curfew in Chang'an City is relatively strict, and if you are caught, you will definitely be whipped."

Du Ruhui smiled and retracted his emotions.

He looked at the sky, and it was already dark.

Thinking that the curfew in Chang'an City was stricter than in other places, he asked Fang Yuan to go back first.

If it's too late, Jin Wuwei and the Chang'an County Ya will patrol and find that people are walking around for no reason and will be whipped.

Although Fang Yuan is Chang'an Order, no one should dare to punish Fang Yuan, but it is inevitable that some people will not give Fang Yuan face.

After all, Fang Yuan is not yet a Chang'an Order, and it is possible that someone really wants to whip Fang Yuan.

"Okay, then I'll take my leave."

Fang Yuan nodded solemnly.

Walked out of the hall and took Xue Bowu and the others to leave.

Nothing happened overnight.

Early the next morning, Fang Yuan put on his official uniform and took Zheng Jiu to Chang'an County.

Officials above the fifth rank in Chang'an City are qualified to go to the early court, but it does not mean that they all need to go to the early court.

Generally, those above the fourth rank cannot be absent without reason, and those below the fourth rank can not go to the early dynasty unless there is an edict.

When Fang Yuan arrived at the Chang'an County Ya, Zheng Mingzhu, the county magistrate, had already led the county Ya up and down to greet Fang Yuan.

"Meet Fang Ling!"

Zheng Mingzhu and others saluted.

There are more than 100 people in a county office.

They have already exceeded the number of people who Fang Yuan had just arrived at the Liaozhou Thorn History Mansion.

"Excuse me!"

"Except for the county, everyone else has returned to their own positions!"

Fang Yuan said indifferently.

"Yes!"

Everyone should have been, and they departed one after another.

"Fang Ling, what do you command?"

Zheng Mingzhu asked respectfully.

He saw Fang Yuan with the Emperor and Du Ruhui yesterday.

Therefore, today he took the initiative to gather everyone to greet Fang Yuan, and Fang Yuan was very face-saving, even if Fang Yuan was an outsider.

"Why are there so many people in the county government?"

"As far as this official knows, there are a maximum of fifty county officials in general."

Fang Yuan said as he walked.

Chang'an County is very large, and solemn and atmospheric.

The desk in the main hall is a little more atmospheric than the Liaozhou Thorn History Mansion.

From the outside to the inside, except for the change of title, almost all of them are much better than the Liaozhou Thorn Mansion.

"Hui Fangling, because of the uniqueness of Chang'an City, the number of county officials is twice that of other counties."

"Not only that, but the number of servants can also be expanded to three hundred at most, but the imperial court only reimburses one of them."

Zheng Mingzhu explained.

Not only is the number of people in each post twice as large as in other counties, but each position is crowded with people.

Unlike other county offices, some positions cannot recruit people, let alone as many as a hundred.

"Understood."

"You go and register a new official, named Zheng Jiu"

Fang Yuan nodded and pointed at Zheng Jiudao.

The Imperial City is the Imperial City, and it is really extraordinary.

Since the number of servants can be three hundred, it will be registered on Zheng Jiu brought from Liaozhou.

Fang Yuan set off from Liaozhou this time, in addition to the Fang Mansion and others, some state officials also brought it, such as Zheng Jiu, who was handy.

In fact, the three hundred state officials of Liaozhou City, after they left, many of them would be removed from their posts by the assassination of the Shifu.

Because there are many state officials who are supported by Fang Yuan himself, without Fang Yuan, they will not have jobs.

So a large part of them traveled thousands of miles to follow Fang Yuan to Chang'an City and follow Fang Yuan.

"Yes!"

Zheng Mingzhu said respectfully.

After leaving, he immediately asked people to register Zheng Jiu's information.

Every new Chang An Ling will try his best to arrange his own manpower, and he has no surprises.

Soon, Zheng Jiu returned again and changed into a new pair of clothes, the clothes specially worn by the officials of Chang'an County, which were much more handsome.

"Zheng Jiu, according to your current clothes, arrange a few pieces for each of the state officials brought from Liaozhou by this hexagram."

Fang Yuan said indifferently.

He just took a look at the official structure of Chang'an County and found a very interesting situation.

That is, in the Chang'an County Yazhong, even if it is a small officer, the identity is not simple, at least it is from a small family.

In other words, such a county government is full of people from various families, and it may not be easy to transfer them casually, so you have to arrange your own people to come in as soon as possible.

"Yes."

Zheng Jiu said yes.

Next, Fang Yuan checked the archives of the county office.

I have a better understanding of the situation of the county government and a better understanding of the situation in Chang'an City.

With a deeper understanding, Fang Yuan felt that it was not a very happy thing to become Chang'an Ling.

There are too many powerful people here, it is difficult to use their means, and if you are not careful, you will offend some people who cannot be offended.

For example, the last Chang'an Order, because he offended people who shouldn't be offended, and then he was transferred out of Chang'an City.

Moreover, almost every case left in the county government is related to a high-ranking official or a certain big family.

So much so that it became a headless case and was sealed in the archives.

After thinking about it, Fang Yuan picked up these files and entered the palace.

After a very tedious process along the way, Fang Yuan finally met Li Shimin.

"Fang Yuan, I met on the first day of my new employment, it won't be something that can't be solved so quickly, right?"

Li Shimin looked at Fang Yuan curiously and asked.

There was a little porcelain-like girl beside him, about eight or nine years old.

The little girl had long hair, black and shiny, and her shining eyes also looked at Fang Yuan.

"Your Majesty, do you want me to govern Chang'an City, or do you want to come to Chang'an City to carry the black cauldron?"

Fang Yuan placed the file in question in front of Li Shimin's desk.

"What's wrong?"

Li Shimin asked puzzled.

I took one of the archives and looked through it.

The little girl next to him is also doing the same.

The father and daughter looked at it, and their faces slowly sank.

"At the feet of the Son of Heaven, they don't know how to converge and converge?"

Li Shimin's face darkened with anger and said in a deep voice.

I didn't expect that there would be such a bad thing happening in Chang'an City.

He just got a file, which was a case of a noble son stealing a concubine from a certain family and beating the other party.

Because of the identity of the noble son, the former Chang'an Ling was perfunctory, and the family was also afraid of the identity of the noble son, so in the end, it was not done, and finally the file became a headless case.

"What does Your Majesty think it should be?"

Fang Yuan frowned slightly, and said in a deep voice.

Listening to Li Shimin's words, does it mean that the big thing has become small?

"Now that the big victory is not scored, it is not easy to have too much chaos in the country, so let's stay for the time being."

Li Shimin pondered for a moment and said in a deep voice.

"If Your Majesty doesn't strike at them, they will only become more rampant."

Fang Yuan also said in a deep voice.

But that's not why he entered the palace today.

It's just that Li Shimin's answer was unexpected.

"I understand!"

"It's just not time yet!"

Li Shimin shook his head, his expression was solemn, and he said in a deep voice.

Now is not the time, there are too many things for him to solve.

For example, the battle between the Tang Dynasty and the Eastern Turks, such as the truth about the collapse of the Yellow River embankment, such as the treasure of Prince Yin, and so on.

Compared with the problems in Fang Yuan's archives, Li Shimin pays more attention to the latter.

At this time, he didn't have much energy to target those families.

"Since Your Majesty said so, can you give the minister a holy decree or something?"

"The minister was worried that one day the judgment would be held, and those noble sons couldn't help but slaughter them."

Fang Yuan said in a deep voice.

The case does not fall into his hands, and he can treat it as if he does not know.

But if a lot of things happen during his tenure, then those noble sons will suffer.

When the time comes, it will definitely become a thorn in the side of certain forces, so Fang Yuan needs a holy decree to transfer the contradiction to the emperor.

"Fang Yuan, I'll give it to you."

"Do things according to the law, but you can't kill, you have to talk to me before you kill."

Li Shimin hurriedly warned.

There are too many powerful people and too many families in Chang'an City.

There are some that he is afraid of as an emperor, and he can't tolerate Fang Yuan's troubles.

Otherwise, when the time comes, Chang'an City will be in chaos, it will be the chaos of the Tang Dynasty, and the world will be in chaos.

"Is that a decree for the Dao?"

Fang Yuan didn't answer, and asked.

"Rong Zhen thinks about it, you go back first."

"Remember, do things according to the law, but you can't kill, you have to talk to me before you kill."

Li Shimin emphasized again.

I was worried that Fang Yuan really couldn't hold back his dead hand.

"I understand."

Fang Yuan understood.

Salute and leave.

"Father, that person didn't take the file."

The little girl looked at Fang Yuan's back as he left and reminded.

"This guy Changle, you go down and play first."

Li Shimin was suddenly annoyed and wanted to stop Fang Yuan.

When Fang Yuan has already gone away, it is estimated that he will not be able to call it back.

It was deliberately left by Fang Yuan, indicating that the old case had nothing to do with him.

After thinking about it, it is better to leave these cases first, and it may be useful later.

"Okay."

Princess Changle got up and left obediently.

On the other side, Fang Yuan returned to the county office.

As soon as he returned, Zheng Mingzhu came to report that there had been a murder.

(End of chapter)