Chapter seven hundred and thirty eight seal broken
Li Xiuyuan left the imperial city at this moment and went to the prefect's Yamen as usual.
Although the prefect has not been in office for a short time, since he is already in office, he must be responsible for doing a good job as a prefect. It is okay to be lazy occasionally, but you cannot stay away from the yamen for a day. Otherwise, if the people have grievances and even the prefect cannot be found, then what?
Where should we go to redress our grievances?
But at this moment, two people came outside the Yamen.
They are a father and daughter.
At this moment, Qiu Shou pulled Qiu Rong straight to the magistrate's Yamen.
"Let's go, now follow my father to report to the official. Before, you said that the magistrate's Yamen went to court and was not in the Yamen. You should be back now. It's really ridiculous. Your affair with that Mr. Li is over. My father will never do that.
You are allowed to be a concubine for others." Qiu Shou's attitude was firm, even though he was
My daughter has lost her virginity to Mr. Li, and he wants to take her back.
"You won't have a good life following that Mr. Li. My father is doing it for your own good."
"Father, can we discuss this matter at night? I will ask Mr. Li to come back and explain to his father face to face tonight. I also ask him to save some face for his daughter and not to cause trouble in the yamen." Qiurong said with a tearful voice.
"What are you saying? My father came all the way to the capital for you. If you, an unfilial daughter, hadn't caused such a scandal, why would my father have come to the Yamen?" Qiu Shou said.
With that said, he took Qiurong and walked towards the Yamen.
"Isn't this Miss Qiurong? What happened? Who is this person? How dare you disrespect Miss Qiurong? If you don't let go quickly, you won't blame me for the ruthlessness of the sword in my hand." A government official saw Qiu Rong.
Shou pulled Qiurong over, his face immediately changed, he hurriedly scolded him, and pulled out
Draw your sword and prepare to rescue.
Who in the yamen doesn't know that Qiurong is the concubine of Lord Li, the prefect.
Qiu Shou was startled and hurriedly let go and said: "Brother Cha has misunderstood. I am her father, not a villain. Please show mercy to me. Please show mercy."
"Miss Qiurong, is that true? Isn't this guy threatening Miss Qiurong?" the guard asked cautiously.
Qiu Rong wiped her tears; "This is indeed my father. I need to come to the Yamen because of something. I'm really sorry that this elder brother misunderstood me."
After saying this, he bowed to express his apology.
"I don't dare, I don't dare. This is the duty of a villain." The guard said a little flattered: "Is Miss Qiurong here to see you? Miss Qiurong, why not go and sit in the Yamen first, although the court meeting is supposed to be over.
Yes, but it seems that your Excellency has been delayed for a while today. He has not come back yet. No
It should be over soon."
"Thank you for telling me." Qiurong said.
"Father, let's go to the Yamen and wait."
She sighed quietly, having no choice but to accompany her father to fool around.
Qiu Shou thanked the yamen officer repeatedly, and then walked to the yamen. He said, "How do the officers here know you?"
"It's because of Mr. Li that he is here." Before he could finish his words, a civil servant suddenly came up to him with joy when he saw Qiurong.
"Miss Qiurong came just in time. Your Excellency hasn't come back yet. These documents need to be corrected and printed in time. Could you please trouble me, Miss Qiurong?"
Qiurong thought of Li Xiuyuan's instructions that if there was an emergency in the yamen, she would handle it on her behalf, and nodded immediately; "Okay then."
"Father, please sit here for a while. My daughter will help you with the official business and then come back."
She walked to the main seat in the lobby and sat down. She picked up a pen and ink and dyed it with cinnabar and quickly corrected the official documents. Then she clumsily picked up the magistrate's seal on the side. After printing the official seal, these things were considered done.
It's over.
"Um?"
When Qiu Shou saw that his daughter actually ran to the position of the prefect, correcting official documents and picking up the official seal, his face turned pale with fright.
"You, you are crazy. This is the prefect's yamen. If you don't step down from the position of the prefect, do you want to get sued? That's the seat where the adult sits, and it's the place where a daughter of yours can sit. Yet you are still messing with the adult.
The official document, this, this”
He hurriedly went up and pulled Qiurong down.
However, with this pull, the magistrate's seal fell out of Qiu Rong's hand for a moment, falling to the ground and breaking into two pieces.
"It's over, it's over." Qiu Shou was frightened when he saw this.
The official seal of the prefect was broken by himself.
"Father, what are you doing?" Qiurong was angry and anxious. Seeing that the official seal was broken, she was at a loss and almost cried.
The other officials and government officials were stunned when they saw this.
"It seems that I have been the magistrate for a long time. I have only been working for a few days and my official seal has been ruined. If I am caught now, I am afraid that they will impeach me again. Maybe I will be dismissed from office.
Resigned." At this moment, a smiling voice sounded, and I saw a man wearing a scarlet official uniform.
A young man, armed with several guards, strode in from outside the Yamen.
"Greetings, sir."
"Master Prefect."
The yamen servants and civil servants in the yamen paid tribute one after another.
"No need to be polite, just pretend you didn't see what happened just now. Someone can find a skilled craftsman to carve a new official seal for me. Remember to make it old," Li Xiuyuan said as he walked.
"I know an old craftsman from my humble job who specializes in engraving." A government official said.
"Take this broken official seal and carve one back. Money is not a problem." Li Xiuyuan said.
"Yes, sir."
The officer immediately picked up the official seal on the ground and left quickly.
Li Xiuyuan said again: "Rong'er, what's wrong? Why are you crying? Did you get hit on your hand by this thing? Come here and let me take a look."
But before he could finish his words, Qiu Shou on the side knelt down with a frightened sound; "The common man Qiu Shou pays homage to the magistrate. Please forgive me for what happened just now. The common man really didn't do it on purpose. It was my daughter who was naughty.
I accidentally destroyed the official seal of the prefect."
As he spoke, his whole body was shaking with fear, and his mind went blank. He could only beg the magistrate to forgive him.
"Huh?" Li Xiuyuan was stunned for a moment, then looked at Qiurong and said, "Is this my father-in-law?"
Qiurong wiped away tears and nodded.
Li Xiuyuan hurriedly walked forward a few steps and helped Qiu Shou up: "My father-in-law, please get up quickly. You are trying to disgrace this junior. How can I bear it that you kneel down and ask me to get up? I was negligent just now."
Time passed without noticing, which frightened my father-in-law. The younger generation gave my father-in-law
I apologized.”
He supported her, bowed her hands, and bent down to apologize.
"Huh? My father-in-law?" After Qiu Shou was helped up in a daze, he was stunned for a moment.
Qiurong on the side said, "Father, this is Mr. Li whom my daughter mentioned before. My daughter didn't let her father come to report to the government before because Mr. Li is the prefect of the capital. This matter is under the control of Mr. Li. How, how can it be good?"
Where is the reporting officer?"
"What? The prefect is that bitch named Li?" Qiu Shou was shocked.