Xiang'er stroked Lingyu's chest and said coquettishly: "Brother Ling, Xiang'er misses grandpa a little, when are we going back to see grandpa?" Lingyu said: "I forgot to tell you, I have sent someone to take grandpa, godfather and godmother, and brother-in-law out of the mountain." Xiang'er was surprised: "Brother Ling, when did you send someone, why don't I know." Lingyu said: "I sent someone before the war to surprise you, so I didn't tell you." Xiang'er said: "Grandpa, where are they now?" Lingyu said: "Grandpa, they have arrived in Jinling, and Brother Liu's father has bought them a house and bought some fields, so that they can live by collecting rent in the future, and they don't have to hunt hard." Xiang'er said: "Brother Ling, you are too good to Xiang'er, grandpa really didn't hurt you in vain." Lingyu said: "If you don't repay your kindness, you will leave a reputation for eternity, although I Lingyu is not a gentleman, but I am not ungrateful." Xiang'er said: "Xiang'er sees that Brother Ling is more gentlemanly than those gentlemen, but how can I tell Brother Liu's family to pay money to buy a house and a field." ”

Lingyu said: "Of course I won't ask for Brother Liu's silver, I just asked him to do it, and then we will see how much silver should be returned to his family, we have silver." Xiang'er said: "Is it the silver rewarded by the emperor?" Lingyu whispered in Xiang'er's ear: "There are also those that were stolen before." Xiang'er was surprised: "What did you say, there are still stolen ones, then let those ministers know that they have to go to the emperor to sue you." Lingyu said: "Don't say that the ministers won't know, even if they do, they don't dare to sue." Xiang'er said: "Why don't you dare to sue." Lingyu said: "Catch the thief and catch the stolen goods, catch the traitor and take the double, they have no evidence, no one believes in the matter when they say it, and they are guilty of slandering the first-class master and being a courtier, which is a big sin." Xiang'er said: "What kind of people are the people who stole it?" Lingyu said: "Of course, those who are rich and unkind." It's a bad guy who does a lot of evil, but it's good that you know about it, don't tell anyone about it, and don't tell grandpa about them. ”

Xiang'er said: "Can't they say it with Sister E?" Lingyu said: "They all know, they just don't say it." Xiang'er said: "I understand, as the saying goes, the wall has ears." If you say it, you may be heard, so if you don't say a word, you shouldn't tell Xiang'er if you don't say a word. Lingyu said, "Don't worry, no one will hear tonight." ”

Xiang'er said: "Brother Ling, when are we going to Jinling to see grandparents." Lingyu said: "I want to transfer the bones of my parents to my hometown for burial in a few days, and then I will take the time to go to Jinling to see my grandparents." Xiang'er said: "Okay, Xiang'er listens to Brother Ling." Lingyu said: "Now you can sleep in peace, right?" Xiang'er smiled: "Brother Ling has done everything Xiang'er thinks, I am not only at ease but also happy." After speaking, he snuggled in Lingyu's arms, closed his eyes, and soon fell asleep, with a sweet smile on his face.

After breakfast the next day, Lingyu rode a horse. Six brides sit in a sedan chair, they enter the palace together to see the emperor, one to thank the emperor, the other is to return to the princess's home, the emperor set up a royal banquet at noon to entertain Lingyu and the princess, the banquet is over, Lingyu and the brides will thank the emperor and return home.

It was already more than two o'clock in the afternoon when Lingyu returned to the house, and the martial artists of the Flying Tiger Army came to say goodbye one after another. They were all going to work, and it was too late to see them off.

The next day, some friends came to say goodbye. Liu Qingyang also resigned and returned to Nanjing to take up his post in Tianfu. Hong Feng didn't have to leave in Jinyi Weigan and still stayed in the house.

After breakfast on the third day, Lingyu and Chang Yue'e went to meet Chang Yue'e's father, and Lingyu promised her father-in-law to go to the Western Regions with them to help him restore the country next spring.

On the fourth day, Lingyu entered the palace and came to the imperial study to meet the emperor, and after the monarch and ministers finished their courtesy, the emperor said: "Zhang Aiqing." When I was married, I was not at home with the newlyweds, and I came to see what was going on. Lingyu said: "Your Majesty, the minister has something to do." The emperor said: "But there is something urgent." Lingyu said: "It's not urgent, Weichen wants to resign." The emperor was shocked and said, "What do you say, you have to resign." You don't want to help me. Lingyu said: "Your Majesty, you see that now that the government and the opposition have stabilized, there is nothing big to do, and Weichen really doesn't want to be an official for a long time." The emperor said: "Is Aiqing going to resign from all official positions?" Lingyu said: "It's better to be like this, is it light without officials?"

The emperor thought for a while and said, "No, you can't quit everything." Lingyu said: "Your Majesty, do you think this is good, I resigned from the official positions of the Metropolitan Governor and the Commander of the Jinyi Guard, and left the official positions of the Taibao and the Flying Tiger General." The emperor said: "Why did Aiqing resign from the post of the governor of the capital? As long as he does not fight, the governor of the capital is also an idle position?" Lingyu said: "Your Majesty, according to the officialdom, you are the king and I am the minister, and some words are not easy to say clearly." The emperor said: "Then I won't talk about officialdom today, just talk about relatives, according to relatives, you are my brother-in-law, and you are a sworn brother, you can just say it." ”

Lingyu said: "Okay, I'll say it directly, to be honest, I really don't want to be an official, but I'm a colt and a brother, and it's not good to care about the affairs of the court, if I have too much power for a long time, it is inevitable that there will be gossip about high merit and the master, if I resign from the official, I won't have this trouble, I will not build a gang even if I re-enter the rivers and lakes, I will be a lone ranger, so that you have no worries." The emperor smiled and said, "You are afraid that I will treat the heroes like Emperor Taizu, second brother, don't worry! I will never do that." Lingyu said: "I believe that the emperor will not treat me like that, so I promised to leave the official positions of Taibao and Flying Tiger General, although I have no real power but I still have a name, I can still deter the Mongolian tribes." The emperor said: "What you want is exactly what you want, you can have the right person to command the Jinyi Guard." ”

Lingyu said: "Let Hongda be the commander of the Jinyi Guard! This person's ability and quality are all of the highest quality." The emperor said: "As you say, but you will also have to supervise their behavior more in the future." Lingyu said: "The emperor can rest assured, if they have misdeeds, Weichen will report to the emperor, as long as the emperor is useful to me, notify me, and never shirk." The emperor said: "With your words, I can rest assured, from today onwards, you can go and be free!" Lingyu said: "Weichen will go to send his parents back to his hometown for burial in two days." The emperor said: "You go, you don't have to report to me what you want to do in the future." Lingyu said: "Emperor Xie." ”

After Lingyu finished speaking, he took out the seals of the Metropolitan Governor and the Jinyi Guard, as well as the sword of the Imperial Gold Medal Monk Fang and handed it to the emperor, and the emperor said: "You keep the imperial gold medal, you can enter and leave the palace freely, I know that you can come and go freely without a gold medal." Lingyu smiled: "Uninvited, I hope the emperor will forgive you." The emperor smiled and said: "I have never blamed you, you also left the sword of Shang Fang, if you encounter extremely vicious and evil corrupt officials when you walk the rivers and lakes, you can cut it first and then play it, so as to correct the law and discipline." Lingyu said: "Thank you for the emperor's trust in the ministers." After saying that, he quit the palace. (To be continued.) )