Li Xu left the prison of the Criminal Department and sat in front of the desk to do paperwork for a while. It was time to go to the Yamen.
Colleagues picked up their cloaks and walked out of the Yamen to go home.
"Master Li, why don't you leave? Go back and rest for two days. Maybe you will go to Dali Temple to help tomorrow?"
"Even if we don't go to Dali Temple, our punishment department will not be able to relax next time."
"I'm just looking forward to celebrating the New Year as early as possible. In the coming year, our Criminal Department will be relaxed and the Household Department will be busy."
Li Xu raised his head when he heard this: "What should I say?"
Unexpectedly, Li Xu would intervene. The official was stunned for a moment, and then looked at each other and smiled at his colleagues: "You will know after you have been in the Ministry of Justice for a long time. Our Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Household Affairs are always busy alternately. This year is our Year of the Ministry of Justice, and next year will definitely be
It’s the household department’s turn!
We should burn more incense during the Chinese New Year, so that next year’s punishment department will go smoothly.”
Watching the officials walk out, Li Xu closed the official documents in front of him. Sometimes he also thought that it would be nice to live such a relaxed life.
Li Xu stood up slowly, picked up his cloak and walked out of the Yamen.
All the way back to Li's house.
Mrs. Li has already ordered someone to greet her at the door.
Li Xu changed out of his official uniform and went to greet Mrs. Li.
Mrs. Li's spirit has improved a lot. She is sitting on the heated kang and doing needlework.
Li Xu brought the tea over and said, "Don't be so busy, mother. You should take good care of yourself first."
"I'm fine," Mrs. Li said with a smile, "It's getting colder and colder. I'll make you a pair of knee pads. You have to ride horses in the upper and lower yamen, and you'll get cold if you don't do it."
Mrs. Li put the needle and thread in her hand back into the basket and looked at Li Xu with a smile: "Xu'er, mother knows that you have been strong since you were a child. Unlike your brothers, you have your own ideas for everything you do. You go to the military camp and
I went to Fengxiang to investigate the case. My mother was happy but also worried when she heard the news about you at home."
Mrs. Li paused slightly when she said this: "If Beijing is too dangerous, let's go back to the north. The streets here are full of dignitaries, which is not a place for us to stay. Mother does not ask you to be rich and powerful. The Li family and others
Isn’t the New Year coming too?
Mother saved some money for you, and you can use the money to open a shop, and it is not necessarily a bad thing to stay away from the official career."
Li Xu looked at Mrs. Li: "Did someone tell you something?"
Mrs. Li hurriedly said: "No, no, I think you have such thoughts because you are busy with official duties these days."
Li Xu shook his head: "Mother will not let me resign for no reason," he said, looking outside, "Did the clan sister reveal any news to you?"
Mrs. Li still wanted to deny it, but Li Xu's eyes deepened: "Isn't even a mother willing to tell the truth to her son?"
Unable to hide it, Mrs. Li sighed: "Your clan sister didn't tell me, I went to ask. Something happened at home, but I didn't know anything about it. So I asked your clan sister what the situation was.
My son's official rank is not high, so why should he take such risks?
Your clan sister said, Anyi Hou Mansion..."
Hearing this, Li Xu frowned: "Sister Clan has always been prudent, but now she is spreading gossip. If she has such spirit, why not interrogate the servants in the yard to see who is looking after the persimmons, so that people can easily
It was poisoned."
Seeing that Li Xu was angry, Mrs. Li was so frightened that she didn't dare to say anything for a long time. When the anger on Li Xu's face calmed down a little, she said: "Why did Xu'er act like this even after hearing half of it?
Your clan sister is saying that the Anyi Hou Mansion and Mr. Song are investigating the case together. It may be difficult for others to understand the real case. You are now in the Ministry of Punishment. Shangfeng has high expectations for you, and the burden on your shoulders is also heavy.
, easy things have been done by others, and if you want to make some progress, you have to take risks, so that's why the situation happened that day.
Your clan sister suffered all because of us. I wanted to apologize, but your clan sister comforted me not to take it to heart.
Xu'er, if you say such things to your clan sister today, she will definitely feel sad if she knows."
Li Xu's expression became calm again: "Mother will not be worried because of these two sentences."
"How could it not be?" Mrs. Li pursed her lips, "The prestige of Marquis Anyi in Northern Xinjiang is very high. Could it be that they want to return to the north and take the opportunity to replace Zhang Yuchi?
I'm afraid that you will be suppressed in the future, whether in the capital or in the north, and I will feel unhappy. Rather than doing this, it's better to just let it go. There's no need to fight like this.
Your mother has worked hard to raise you, and you cannot be tormented like this."
Mrs. Li's eyes turned slightly red as she spoke.
Li Xu knew that his mother had not recovered from the panic, so he comforted Mrs. Li: "Mom has too many worries. My son is an official of the court and only needs to run the court's errands. We do not have any deep hatred against the Anyi Hou Mansion.
They will not harm their son for no reason. This danger has nothing to do with the Anyi Hou Mansion..."
Mrs. Li said: "Then why do they want to throw you out when they are not in such danger? Are they hiding in secret to reap the benefits?"
Li Xu stood up: "It's not what my mother thought. My son is guarding Huijing in the Criminal Department. Those people will naturally attack my son."
Seeing that Li Xu was about to leave, Mrs. Li immediately changed her words: "Okay, okay, mother won't talk about this anymore. I don't know what's wrong with my mother today. She always thinks of the bad side of everything."
Li Xu looked at Mrs. Li's pale face: "My son has invited an imperial doctor to treat his mother. Now he will go out to greet her."
After leaving Mrs. Li's house, Li Xu heard Mrs. Li's long sigh coming from behind.
Li Xu put on his cloak and walked out of the house.
The snowflakes blew on his face and melted quickly. The heavy snow covered everything and covered the trees in the distance. From a distance, he looked like a shadowy girl.
Xu Qinghuan was wary of him because he knew what he was thinking. His ambition was not just to be a minor official. When he was a child, he met two gentlemen. The gentlemen passed on everything they learned to him, which gradually made him have ambitions. Then he carefully planned
, did not tell anyone what he was thinking.
After arriving in Fengxiang, she met Xu Qinghuan, and his shadow was clearly reflected in her eyes.
He once thought that she didn't want to get too close to him because she saw that his future would be dangerous, but later she was able to wholeheartedly plan for Song Chengxuan in the southeast.
Song Chengxuan's identity might bring disaster to the Song family and the Xu family in an instant, but she didn't seem to care and jumped in without hesitation.
In her mind, he might not be able to compete with Song Chengxuan, just like her mother who was as pessimistic as she thought that he had offended the Anyi Houfu and would resign and go home in horror.
Li Xu stopped and couldn't help but have a smile on his face. He, Li Xu, was by no means such a timid and cowardly person. Not to mention that Song Chengxuan was in many dangers now. So what if Song Chengxuan occupied the southeast? When competing in the world, all the heroes came together, and the overall situation was