Bai Qiannuo seemed to have been paying attention to Li Qi. When Li Qi looked over, their eyes met in the air, and everything was unspoken.
Seeing his wife who was thinking about him day and night, Li Qi could not hold back and hurriedly walked towards Bai Qiannuo, but before he had taken two steps, he heard someone shout again: 'Privy Councilor, congratulations, congratulations.'
Whether this was over or not, Li Qi had the desire to kill people, but when he turned around and saw Li Gang, the Minister of Punishment, he could only give Bai Qiannuo a look of apology.
Bai Qiannuo curled her lips slightly and seemed a little unhappy. Only in front of Li Qi would she act like a little woman from time to time.
Li Gang came to Li Qi, raised his glass and said: "The Privy Council has both civil and military skills. He conquered the Kingdom of Jin in the north and conquered Jiaozhi in the south. He was invincible. Li Gang really admires him, and I respect him first."
"Where, where." Li Qi raised his cup, took another sip of tea, and said with a smile: "Li Shangshu, you congratulated me, but I have to say sorry to you."
Li Gang was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously thought that he was referring to the affairs of the right minister, and asked: "What did the Privy Council say?"
Li Qi chuckled and said: "Jiaozhi, Dali has just integrated into the Song Dynasty. It is very difficult to treat everyone equally. The customs and actual conditions in the southern area are very different from those in the Central Plains. Therefore, the court must treat it carefully, especially
In terms of laws, we cannot copy the laws of the Song Dynasty, they must be slightly changed. I will tell the emperor about this, so your punishment department may have to work overtime these days."
Li Gang was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: 'The Privy Councilor is really funny."
'Funny?'
Li Qicuo said in astonishment: "Li Shangshu must be drunk, I don't think this is funny."
Li Gang said sternly: "The Ministry of Punishment is only responsible for law enforcement. As for the establishment of new laws, it is the result of discussions between the emperor and the important ministers in the court. Isn't it possible that the Privy Council doesn't even know this?"
Li Qi really didn't know this, and couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed. Suddenly he frowned and said: 'The emperor will discuss with the ministers whether this is too casual.'
Li Gang said: ‘This has been the case since ancient times.”
Li Qi seemed to have thought of something, but he couldn't tell exactly what it was. However, he didn't think much about it at this time. He just wanted to go over and talk to Bai Qiannuo for a while, so he said: 'I see. This---
Li Shangshu, if there is nothing else--"
Li Gang hurriedly stretched out his hand and said: "Your Majesty, please give me your permission."
Li Qi thanked him and walked towards Bai Qiannuo.
Bai Qiannuo seemed to have a mutual sympathy with Li Qi, and was about to greet him, but before she took the step, she took it back again and lightly stamped her foot.
Day. This is going to kill me! Li Qi sighed bitterly, but had to turn around and squeeze out a smile, because the person coming was Zheng Yi, one of the three giants.
Li Qi didn't wait for Zheng Yi to hand over his hand to congratulate him, and immediately said: "Stop it, Zheng Er, let's just avoid those cliché words between the two of us. I'm tired of saying it, and now I feel like I'm almost a repeater."
Zheng Yi was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: 'This is the first time in my life that I have seen someone get bored with other people's congratulations."
Li Qi rolled his eyes and said, "This forest is huge. There are all kinds of birds." As he said that, he joked: "Zheng Er, look at your spring breeze and your radiant face. Tsk tsk. With the nourishment of a woman, it is indeed different."
Zheng Yi is a humble gentleman, but when he met an old gangster like Li Qi, he was helpless when a scholar met a soldier. He blushed and said in a low voice: "You are a first-class official after all, how can you act like a market scoundrel?"
"It's really boring." Li Qi shook his head and said: "Then let me put it another way. Is my good disciple okay? Did you bully her? Don't lie to me. I will visit her whenever I have time."
Yes, oh, I also want to take Yanei with me."
Zheng Yi said depressedly: "Am I that kind of person? Besides, Run'er's status in my family is higher than mine now. To tell you the truth, last month I - I became a father."
‘Yes—really?’ Li Qi said happily: ‘This is really a great event, congratulations, congratulations.”
In ancient times, Zheng Yi was considered to have a son at an old age. You must know that he only got married in his thirties. This was almost unprecedented in a family of officials. Therefore, Li Qi was happy for Zheng Yi from the bottom of his heart. He was also a sentimental person.
The man has been waiting for Wang Yao for so many years. Although he still hasn't arrived, he has finally found a beautiful woman. The most important thing is that he finally stepped out of Wang Yao's shadow. Maybe Run'er is more suitable for him than Wang Yao.
At the beginning, his parents were afraid that he would be depressed like this in his life, so they were very grateful to Zhang Run'er, and they didn't dare to care about Zhang Run'er's background.
‘Just wait a moment.”
Li Qi groped around with his hands, and suddenly took out a jade pendant, handed it over, and said: "You know I just came back, and I didn't know that you were already a father, and I didn't prepare any gifts. The most valuable thing on my body is this jade pendant."
Okay, let’s make do with it for now, I’ll go to the house to congratulate you with a big gift another day.”
When Zheng Yi saw the jade pendant, he was secretly surprised and didn't dare to pick it up, saying: 'This jade pendant is priceless."
"Really, I don't know about that." Li Qi said, and then whispered: "To tell you the truth, Gao Mingshun gave these to me. I thought they were pretty good, so I took them with me.
Lucky for me, I couldn't even find a copper coin on me before."
Isn't this stolen money?
When Zheng Yi heard this, he didn't dare to ask for it anymore and gave in: "This jade is so precious, how dare I accept it."
Li Qi frowned and said displeasedly: "I told you that you are really hypocritical. I didn't give this to you. I gave it to my young disciple. What does it have to do with you? You are just an intermediary. Really."
As he spoke, he forced the jade pendant into Zheng Yi's hand.
Zheng Yi still didn't dare to accept it, after all, the jade was too expensive, so he gave the jade pendant to Li Qi and said: "But you have two disciples, and this jade pendant is not enough, so I might as well waive it, as long as it suits your needs."
Li Qi was surprised and said: "Isn't that right? You can make two in a year? No, no, this is impossible. Wow, you started taking concubines as soon as you married Run'er, and the seven-year itch has not yet arrived."
ah!"
Zheng Yi said angrily: "Where did you go again? It was Run'er who gave birth to a pair of twins. Otherwise, her status in the family would be higher than mine. Now my parents regard Run'er as their palm jewel."
"
'twin?"
Li Qi was about to cry and said: "You are too greedy. You accept double gifts. I have never seen anyone like you." But he thought in his heart, no, no, the sophomore in high school is better than me. I can't bear it.
Well, there is no way around it. He is a genius in this area, but you, Zheng Er, have come from behind. This is intolerable. If I don’t work hard to make three or four of them this year, I really have no shame in going out to see people.
Zheng Yi just wanted to take this opportunity to decline Li Qi's generous gift, and was about to return the jade pendant to Li Qi. Unexpectedly, Li Qi took out another jade pendant from his waist, which seemed to be more valuable than the one just now. It was a Dali jade pendant.
They are all famous in the world. Li Qi smashed the jade pendant into Zheng Yi's hand and said with tears: "This is the last piece of my heart. Don't say you missed one, I will fall out."
Didn't we agree that there was only one piece? Why did another piece appear? These two pieces of jade are almost equivalent to my annual salary. Zheng Yi still wanted to decline, but it was obvious that many colleagues were looking at him curiously, so he had to accept it.
, thanked Li Qi several times.
Li Qi quickly changed the subject. Talking about happy events is really not popular these days, and said: "During my absence, nothing major happened in the court, right?"
"There have been a lot of things in the year since you left." Zheng Yi sighed and suddenly said: "That's not right, you should know about Uncle Wang?"
‘I’ve heard a little bit about it.”
Li Qi nodded and said, "Madam, is she okay?"
Zheng Yi sighed: "You also know that Sanniang doesn't want to see this happen the most. Do you think she can be okay? I have visited her twice, but I only said a few innocuous words."
Li Qi clicked his tongue and said, "It's your fault, you don't know how to help me."
Zheng Yi rolled his eyes and said: "If you want to help, I have already helped. The problem is that my Zheng family is also involved, and my uncle is the deputy examiner."
"Don't be angry." Li Qi smiled and said, "I'm just trying to test you. Well, it seems that you already regard Madam as a passerby. If this was yours before, you would have to fight to save her."
Zheng Yi said depressedly: ‘You’re here again, I’m afraid of you.’ After a pause, he said again: ‘Then do you have a way to overturn the case for Uncle Wang?”
Li Qi said angrily: "I just arrived, how can I do it?"
Zheng Yi knew that Li Qi was very cunning, but he still refused to give up. But when he opened his mouth, he suddenly paused and said, "I'll excuse you now."
Huh? You said it well, why did you leave? Li Qi was stunned for a moment, but he soon understood and saw Qin Hui walking this way.
"The Privy Council is now polite."
Li Qi smiled and said: 'It turns out to be Qin Shaozai."
Qin Hui said with a look of admiration: "The Privy Council's expedition has accomplished unprecedented feats since the founding of the Song Dynasty. This is really a great joy. I would like to give you a drink to the Privy Council."
‘Thank you, thank you very much.”
The two clinked glasses and drank the wine and tea in one go.
Li Qi laughed and said: "Qin Shaozai, I haven't seen you in this year, but you have gained a lot of weight and you eat more good things."
Qin Hui said hurriedly: "The Privy Councilor is joking."
Li Qi added: "But you still have to pay attention to physical exercise. Our Song Dynasty cannot do without you now. Qin Shaozai's good health is our blessing."
Qin Hui was stunned, shook his head repeatedly and said: "The Privy Councilor's words are really too heavy for me. Mr. Qin will never dare to take them seriously." After a pause, he continued: "The Privy Councilor must be exhausted today, I'm going to
I won’t disturb the Privy Councilor anymore. If the Privy Councilor is free tomorrow, I would like to help him."
Li Qi pointed at Qin Hui and said with a smile: "You still understand me, but it's a pity that others can't see how tired I am. Of course, you should also know that I am free as long as I am in Zuixianju."
Qin Hui laughed and said: 'Then it's settled."
Li Qi suddenly said: "Would you like to invite the three envoys to help you share some of the burden? Qin Shaozai, you are so incorruptible, I am afraid that you will be destitute in one meal."
Qin Hui said: "Thank you so much, Privy Councilor, for your understanding. That's exactly what I meant."
After the two of them finished speaking, they laughed at the same time. (To be continued...)