On the streets of the capital, two figures left the Ministry of Justice and walked towards Li An's Shangshu Mansion one after another.
Today, the Ministry of Punishment accepted another hundred officials who had committed crimes, and this matter was getting busier and busier. Wang Anliang gradually became a little anxious.
Li An moved to live in the Penal Department. He was a housekeeper and was not qualified to enter and exit the Penal Department. He wanted to urge him to act faster, but he didn't even have the chance.
These are all trivial matters. The most important thing is that as Li An becomes more and more favored, Wang An has an inexplicable feeling in his conscience, as if Li An is deliberately avoiding him. If this continues, Li An may have to leave in the future.
The Han Palace took control.
Standing in the empty living room of Shangshu Mansion, Wang An felt a little regretful in his conscience.
If he had not killed Li An's wife and children, he would have really had a chance to reconcile with him. Now, his wife and children are dead. When he knows the news, it will be the time to break with the King of Han.
Although he did not dare to publicize the private matters between him and the King of Han even if he knew that his wife and children were dead. But if he did not know about it before, he could use his relationship with Xiao Chen to win him over.
, it may be a little difficult to get close to Xiao Chen through other relationships in the future.
While Wang Anliang was thinking hard about countermeasures, Li An walked into the hall with his hands behind his back and a gloomy look on his face.
"Sir, you are back." Wang Anliang hurriedly greeted you.
Sitting down on the chair in the middle hall, Li An frowned: "Well, today the handover person has finished his work and has nothing to do, so he came back."
Before Wang Anliang's tea was poured, the guard's voice came: "Sir, Lord Ziyi is here to see you."
Looking at Wang Anliang, Li An had a wry smile on his face, then stood up, stared at Xiao Chen who had walked into the living room, and hurriedly raised his hand to salute: "Brother Xiao, come back!"
The compliments on his face were as if he didn't know how to flatter me.
Today, Xiao Chen was still wearing his usual soap-colored captain's uniform, with his hands behind his back, and he walked in slowly with an aura like an emperor dominating the world.
Li An didn't need to greet him, so he sat down on another chair under the central hall, nodded lightly, and said calmly: "Well, I'm a little tired today, so I went back to the East Factory to take a rest. Mr. Li
, the handover of prisoners and prisoners can be smooth."
"Smooth, smooth." Li An nodded and bowed, watching Xiao Chen take a seat, he also sat down slowly.
Seeing Xiao Chen come in, Wang An's conscience was extremely excited. The person who had been looking forward to the stars and the moon finally had the noble one coming.
He diligently carried the hot water bottle and poured a bowl of hot tea for Xiao Chen before respectfully stepping aside.
"Sigh." Xiao Chen sighed, made a fist with his right hand, and lightly tapped his thigh, "This trip to the south of the Yangtze River is really a long journey. If I have to travel back and forth for a few more years, I will probably be too tired."
"Brother Xiao has been working hard to relieve the emperor's worries. He should have a good rest at home for a few days. Why are you here in such a hurry?" Li An asked respectfully.
"What else can we do? Let's ask him about his crime. I originally thought that Dongchang would directly try the criminal No. 100, which would save the trouble of handing over back and forth. But think about it, Mr. Li didn't show filial piety to Dongchang last time.
Well, it’s enough to assign a dozen insignificant officials from the Ministry of Justice to handle the trial." Xiao Chen said calmly.
Hearing this, Li An hurriedly stood up as if he was flattered, and raised his fists: "Brother Xiao is busy working in Jiangnan, but the final credit goes to the Ministry of Punishment. I can't thank you enough."
As he spoke, his eyes were slightly red, and tears were about to fall.
"Master Li, we should be filial to Dongchang, we should help each other." Xiao Chen waved his hand, but his brows gradually wrinkled, "It's a long way to Hangzhou, so there's no need to talk about the hard work, but when I came back, it was
It took a lot of time. Coupled with the large number of people and the food and drink, the cost along the way exceeded the East Factory's budget."
Li An was startled: "How much did Brother Xiao exceed? You handed over so many officials to the Ministry of Punishment for trial. This is Mo Gao's honor. We, the Ministry of Punishment, will fill Brother Xiao's budget gap."
Picking up the tea bowl on the table, Xiao Chen took a sip, leaned back on the chair, and slowly shook his head: "This is considered a budget overrun, and the worst it can do is be reprimanded by the factory boss. If it comes from the Ministry of Punishment,
Fill in the gaps and spread the word so that people in the world will not laugh at Dongchang?"
"I feel uncomfortable letting Brother Xiao bear the reprimand. You suffered in Jiangnan, and in the end all the credit went to the Ministry of Punishment. I just watched you being reprimanded. How can I bear it?" Li An looked ashamed, but he also had a look on his face.
A helpless expression.
"I'm such an old man, and I don't want to be reprimanded by the factory boss. At worst, I can use my own money to make up for the overspending, and just treat it as my own money to run errands for the court." Xiao Chen shook his head, with a look on his face.
With a wry smile and a lot of heartache.
Li An sat next to him, holding a tea bowl, but he had no intention of drinking. He was scratching his head and not knowing what to do.
After thinking for a long time, he finally made up his mind and said: "How about I divert the activity funds of the Criminal Department and help Brother Xiao in my own name?"
With a "pop", Xiao Chen spit out the tea in his mouth all over the floor.
He looked at Li An with a surprised look on his face and said: "You are still the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment. How dare you do such a thing that is illegal and illegal? If you want to die, don't drag me with you."
His words were full of contempt, and Li An was speechless for a moment.
"But, just watching Brother Xiao in trouble, I can't do anything, I feel so ashamed." As he said that, Li An lowered his head helplessly.
"This is nothing, it's just to make up for the budget overdraft. The captain who followed me saw that all the credit was given to the Ministry of Punishment, and none of them were satisfied. I could only use some of my own private money.
Just comfort them. When I came to you, I didn't plan on you being able to contribute anything in terms of money. Just remember the good things about Dongchang from now on." Xiao Chen shook his head and said nonchalantly.
"The Ministry of Punishment has taken note of this. If anything happens in the future, Brother Xiao just ask." Li An patted his chest and vowed.
"Well, money is a trivial matter. The worst I can do is go out to those wealthy families and shamelessly ask for tens of thousands of taels of silver sponsorship. Mr. Li, do your best for the court and don't let down the emperor's high expectations." Xiao Chen, on the other hand, said
Li An came to comfort him.
"Li An should put state affairs first, be loyal to the court and the emperor, and not let Brother Xiao down." Li An stood up and said with a serious face.
Xiao Chen nodded, pushed the tea bowl on the table inside, and stood up.
"Okay, I just came to see you. I don't know what urgent matter the prince has for me. He said that he must go to the East Palace today. It's getting late, so I'll say goodbye."
Without waiting for Li An to see him off, he walked out of the door directly.
