When Chai Yan woke up, the sun was already high in the sky. He sat up from the bed and stretched lazily. He heard someone calling the door outside the yard. The voice sounded like Taishu Le.
Chai Yan put on his clothes and went out to open the door. As expected, it was Taishu Le who came.
"Lao Le, why are you here free?" Chai Yan said, rubbing his eyes.
Tai Shule said happily as he walked to the yard: "Brother Chai, you just came back yesterday, you must be very tired, so I didn't bother you! I guess you should wake up by now, so I came to take a look.
You, hahaha..."
Chai Yan knew that Taishu Le had good intentions, so he greeted him: "Old Le, you sit down first, I will clean up and come back."
After a while, Chai Yan got dressed and washed up before coming out.
Tai Shule opened his mouth and said: "Brother Chai, we're going to have a drink later, you can't refuse!"
Chai Yan covered his flat belly and said, "Lao Le, please spare me. My stomach is empty, so how can I drink with you?"
"If I had known you hadn't eaten, I would have brought it to you!"
After Tai Shule finished speaking, he took out a bag of things from his arms and opened it to see some pastries, each one colorful and exquisite.
Chai Yan was not polite. He picked one up and stuffed it into his mouth. He nodded immediately and said, "Yeah, yeah, it's delicious, it's delicious..."
Uncle Tai was happy to see Chai Yan gobbling up the food, so he smiled and said: "Eat slowly, don't choke, I'm not trying to compete with you!"
After finishing the pastry, Chai Yan asked Taishu Le: "By the way, Lao Le, how is Xiao Ming's situation during this period?"
Taishu said happily: "That kid is quite good. You should eat and drink as you should. There's nothing I'm not used to."
Chai Yan nodded and asked again: "What about your wife..."
Chai Yan wanted to ask his wife Chen Xuan if she had moved back home.
"She?" Taishu Le said with a slight expression of contentment: "Some time ago, she came to see me through her uncle, admitted her mistake and apologized, and now she has moved back."
Chai Yan was not surprised at all. After all, Chen Xuan was also the mother of two daughters, so she couldn't always be away without coming back.
"So, do Xiao Ming and your wife still get along?" Chai Yan asked.
Tai Shule touched his chin and said with a helpless smile: "What should I say? It seems that I can just make do with it for now. Xiao Ming is a generous kid. He called her 'Auntie, Auntie' as soon as they met, which actually made her embarrassed."
Awesome, hahaha..."
Chai Yan also smiled and said, "It should get better after they get along for a long time!"
"I hope so!" Taishu Le nodded.
After chatting for a while, Tai Shule suddenly lowered his voice and said: "Brother Chai, I want to discuss something with you..."
"Say!" Chai Yan said cheerfully.
Tai Shule said seriously: "Many people died on this trip, and there must be a vacancy in the position. Why don't you come to my place? If I come forward, I will ensure that you will not run away when you are promoted to a sexton...Listen
Let me tell you, there is no future for those who keep the library!"
"Secretary?" Chai Yan was immediately surprised. He counted with his fingers and said, "When you are promoted from Secretary to Secretary, doesn't it mean that you have been promoted to three levels in a row?"
Uncle Tai smiled and said: "How about it, it sounds very exciting, right? Brother Chai, as long as you agree to come to my place, I will not treat you badly! Hehe..."
Chai Yan finally understood that the purpose of Ganqing Taishu Le's visit today was to poach him.
"Oh, it's such a pity, Lao Le..." Chai Yan suddenly shook his head with regret.
Tai Shule was very puzzled. He frowned and asked, "Why is it such a pity?"
Chai Yan looked at Taishu Le seriously and said: "Old Le, you are late! I have already promised someone else..."
"Promised to someone else?" Taishu Le was startled: "Who is it?"
Before Chai Yan could say anything, Tai Shule had already thought of someone: "You didn't promise Li Dachui, did you?"
"It's not him." Chai Yan shook his head.
Only then did Tai Shule react, clapped his hands and pointed at Chai Yan, saying, "It's Hang Baiqiu, right?"
Chai Yan nodded.
Tai Shule felt quite helpless. This time Chai Yan and Hang Baiqiu went to Suzhou on business. The relationship between the two must have improved by leaps and bounds. It is not difficult to understand that Hang Baiqiu brought it up first.
"This Hang Baiqiu usually looks quite decent, but I didn't expect him to be so cunning behind the scenes!" Tai Shule said angrily.
Chai Yan smiled and said: "Lao Le, we are all from Wude Division, and we are all on errands for the emperor. It is different everywhere. If you have something to say, can I still not help you?"
"That's right. I'm afraid that woman Hang Baiqiu will be stingy when the time comes and she won't let others borrow this precious baby of yours!" Taishu Le said in a strange tone.
Chai Yan suddenly made a self-deprecating voice: "Lao Le, I really didn't expect that one day I would become a sweet steamed bun, hahaha..."
"Hahaha..." Taishu Le also laughed together.
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In the imperial palace, inside the royal study.
Shunkang Emperor Liu Yu was wrapped in thick furs, with a warm charcoal basin under his feet, and was reading a secret letter sent by Duanmu Yuanwei.
Also in the same room were the prince Liu Lang and the chief eunuch Pei Yang.
"Prince, take a look too..."
Liu Yu handed the secret letter in his hand to Pei Yang who was standing next to him. Pei Yang lowered his head and took it, then handed it to Liu Lang, who immediately began to read it carefully.
This letter was the letter that Di Pu and his wife secretly sent back from the inn when they were in Mishan County.
Liu Lang read the letter carefully. Before he finished reading, the anger in his heart began to burn inexplicably.
The letter was jointly written by Di Pu and Di Pu, and the content in it is completely opposite to what Hang Baiqiu said yesterday...
For example, when Hang Baiqiu arrived in Mishan County, he was excluded by Di Pu and others, but it was said that Hang Baiqiu did not assist them and acted without permission...
For another example, due to the mysterious disappearance of the hunters, the villagers of Majia Village were angry and surrounded Di Pu and the two to ask for an explanation. However, the letter described it as Hang Baiqiu secretly instigating...
The most annoying thing is that Xu Youde raped, tortured and beat the village chief's granddaughter without mentioning a word in the letter. Instead, he falsely accused Hang Baiqiu of conniving at Chai Yan's crimes and injuring Xu Youde...
In short, Di Pu and the other two firmly placed a huge shit basin on Hang Baiqiu's head!
After Liu Lang finished reading the letter, he immediately replied: "Father, the content of this letter...is not true!"
"Oh? Then tell me what is untrue?" Liu Yu asked.
Liu Lang paused for a moment, then bowed and said: "Back to my father, everything written in the letter is not true!"
Liu Yu was stunned for a moment, then laughed: "Hahaha...Prince, you mean to say that two important officials of the Wude Department joined forces to falsely accuse Hang Baiqiu?"
Liu Lang felt angry and said bluntly: "Back to my father, that's exactly what happened!"
"Prince! Do you have any evidence for what you say?"
Although Liu Yu spoke in a weak voice, Liu Lang could tell that his father was already angry.
Liu Yu half-squinted his eyes, looked at Liu Lang and said: "Prince, I have always known that you and Hang Baiqiu have a good relationship. It is inevitable that you will become partisan after reading this letter. However, it is said that the two envoys Di Pu jointly falsely accused Na Hang.