When he returned to his room, Li Shi walked back and forth in the room looking confident and determined to win.
He secretly said: "It takes ten years to sharpen a sword, and thousands of troops are waiting for the east wind to come. This time I must seize the opportunity, and I must not miss it, let alone be compared to that Zhang Xuan."
With this in mind, Li Shi sorted out the various relations between the DPRK and China, and finally focused on Cheng Ju.
It is not up to Cheng Jue to decide whether he or Zhang Xuan performs well or poorly. As long as he pleases him, he can naturally win the battle.
Thinking of this, Li Shi quickly ordered people to go and investigate. It was necessary to find out everything inside and outside Cheng Ju's house, no matter how big or small, so that he could find opportunities.
Sure enough, the emperor paid off, and soon Li Shi found out a piece of news. It turned out that Cheng Ang, Cheng Ju's third son, was interested in a woman, and this woman also fell in love with Cheng Ang.
But unfortunately, the woman had already been engaged. The woman proposed to terminate the engagement, but the man refused, and the matter remained in a stalemate.
As the Third Commander-in-Chief, even though Cheng Ju felt sorry for his son and wanted to fulfill his wish, he could not come forward in person, lest rumors spread that he was taking advantage of his power to bully others.
After hearing the news, Li Shi was overjoyed. After leaving the office, he quickly found Cheng Ang and pretended to understand the situation.
Then Li Shi said to Cheng Ang: "Young master, don't worry, I will help you in this matter, and you will definitely have a good marriage."
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When Cheng Ang heard this, he was overjoyed. He stood up and raised his hands and said, "If this happens, the envoy will be Cheng Ang's destined nobleman. He will be a great benefactor and will never be forgotten by Cheng Ang."
"Young Master is too heavy."
After indicating that he would take action, Li Shi immediately found the person who was engaged to the woman, explained his intention to come, and told him all the pros and cons involved.
In the end, Li Shi even promised that he would use his family connections to find a job for the man's family in the Lin'an government office.
In this way, the man also knows that forcefulness is not sweet, and if the trouble becomes serious, his reputation will not be good. Now that he can get benefits, he does not bother about this matter.
Finally, the man agreed to terminate the engagement with the woman, and there was no longer any obstacle between Cheng Ang and the woman.
Due to this incident, Cheng Ang was grateful to Li Shi and said good things to Li Shi several times in front of Cheng Jue.
As a father, Cheng Ju was extremely happy when he saw that his son had a satisfactory marriage, and said: "Li Shi is a calm and conscientious person, and my father sees this."
Cheng Ju's praise for Li Shi naturally soon reached Li Shi's ears. Li Shi was extremely proud and felt even more certain about the position of Third Secretary Envoy.
Of course, there are no secrets in the world, only if there are careful people. Li Shi worked hard for Cheng Ang and was praised by Cheng Jue, so naturally he could not hide this from Zhang Xuan.
Zhang Xuan was very anxious when she saw that Li Shi came out on top and succeeded in pleasing Cheng Jue.
"What can we do about this? What can we do about this?"
Zhang Xuan looked anxious and walked back and forth in the room.
Youdao means having a good wife at home, which is better than having a good prime minister in the state. I don’t know whether Zhang Xuan’s wife is a good wife, but she must be very smart and very calculating.
When she learned that her husband was encountering difficulties on his way to promotion, Zhang Xuan's wife Wang immediately thought of a way.
Wang said: "Husband, the only plan for now is to use the bitter flesh trick."
"Oh, Madam, if you have any ideas, tell me quickly."
"This is how we are."
Mrs. Wang whispered to Zhang Xuan. After hearing this, Zhang Xuan nodded repeatedly and exclaimed, "Wonderful, wonderful."
On the second day, Zhang Xuan drank a bowl of decoction before going out, and then came to Sansi Yamen for duty.
On this day, Zhang Xuan performed extremely hard, conscientiously and diligently, and was praised by many colleagues.
However, at noon, Zhang Xuan suddenly felt dizzy and passed out.
"Come on, come on, come on, Zhang Shijun has fainted."
There was a burst of exclamation, and the Sansi Yamen suddenly became chaotic. Cheng Jue heard the movement and hurried to ask.
"Call the doctor quickly."
Fortunately, the Sansi Yamen was a close confidant of the imperial court, and all the officials were high-ranking officials. If there were any emergencies, they could ask the imperial doctor to take a look at them, which would provide greater protection for their health.
Everyone was so eager, but Li Shi had an unhappy look on his face. He thought to himself, "What tricks is Zhang Xuan up to again?"
After the imperial doctor arrived, he took Zhang Xuan's pulse carefully. Cheng Jue asked with concern: "May I ask the medical officer, how is Zhang Shijun's condition? He suddenly fainted today. What's the reason for this?"
The medical officer said: "Don't worry, he just fainted because of excessive fatigue and physical weakness. The doctor will prescribe some good medicine for him, and then he will be recuperated for a while, and he will be worry-free."
Cheng Jue and all his colleagues were relieved. At this time, Zhang Xuan's wife Wang also learned the news and rushed over.
When she saw Zhang Xuan lying there as sick as a gossamer, Mrs. Wang suddenly became anxious, threw herself on Zhang Xuan and cried bitterly, shouting: "Husband, husband, what's wrong with you? Don't leave me alone."
Cheng Jue quickly comforted him: "Please don't worry, Mrs. Zhang. Mr. Zhang fainted just because of fatigue. He has no other symptoms. The medical officer said that he can recover after just recovering for a while."
After hearing this, Mrs. Wang started sobbing even more and kept crying. While crying, she said: "My family has long advised you to take good care of your body and not to overwork yourself, but you don't listen. You run around for court affairs every day.
Even when I am on duty, I still check documents and books everywhere. This is enough for two days a day. If I do this every day, how can my body survive?
Husband, if you leave, how will you let the slave family live? Do you only want the court and not the slave family, nor this family?"
Mrs. Wang was crying with tears in her eyes. Cheng Jue and others looked at this with sadness in their hearts. They were all impressed by Zhang Xuan's courageous, diligent and promising attitude.
"snort."
Seeing that many colleagues sympathized with Zhang Xuan and admired Zhang Xuan, Li Shi felt unhappy in his heart. He snorted coldly and said to himself: "Although Zhang Xuan only has one wife, I don't know how many romantic stories he has when he is hooking up outside, and now he comes here."
If you perform such a performance, who are you performing it for?"
Li Shi was not angry and naturally wanted to fight back.
After Li Shi left his official duties, he went straight to the house of the scribe Ke Menglong to visit him.
Ke Menglong had served in the Sansi Yamen for many years. He worked diligently and won the trust of Cheng Ju. Although his official position was not as high as that of Li Shi, the county magistrate was not as good as the current manager. Ke Menglong was a scribe directly under Cheng Ju, and he had the advantage of being close to the water and building.
, if Li Shi wants to win Cheng Ju's favor, Ke Menglong must not let go of this line.
Both parties exchanged polite greetings, and then took their seats.
Ke Menglong asked: "I don't know why the envoy came here?"
Li Shi took out a gift note from his sleeve and handed it to Ke Menglong, and then said: "You and I have worked together for many years, and you should know my character, Li Shi. Today, Li Shi said frankly that this time Cheng Shijun wants to resign from the Third Army.
Li Shi intends to compete for the position of envoy."