"Can you get me a basin of water?" Li Xia opened the door and asked.
An officer named "Mu Geng" was standing guard outside the door. He was stunned for a moment and asked, "Why are you sweating so much?"
"Daily exercise."
Mu Geng ordered people to fetch water and said with a smile: "Send a young lady over in a minute, but don't wait for her to arrive, you will tire yourself out first."
Li Xia shook his head and said: "There is no need to send it."
Mu Geng probably understood what Jia Xianggong meant and needed to place someone beside Li Xia, so he encouraged him with words.
"What? You can't do it?"
Li Xia said "Yeah" and said, "I can't."
Mu Geng was stunned again, a little offended by Li Xia's understatement.
When the water was delivered, Li Xia took it back to the house and wiped it carefully before bringing it out again.
Mu Geng smiled and said: "Li Xiaolang can also move around, as long as he does not leave the platform."
"I am a suspect after all."
Mu Geng said: "Don't be so tight. Jia Xiangshi told us to protect you and not regard you as a suspect."
Li Xia seemed to feel that it was not safe enough here, so he asked again: "Why don't you put me in jail?"
"There is no evidence to prove that you assassinated Sun Shaoqing, and being imprisoned will inevitably affect your appointment." Mu Geng said: "Don't worry, this is the Xiantai of the Song Dynasty, no one dares to touch you."
Li Xia asked again: "Where is Dengwick Lane?"
"Xiangong Jia sent people to guard it, and there are people from Xianggong Ding watching, so it doesn't matter."
"Where is the murderer? He hasn't been found yet, right?"
"This is the third time Mr. Li Xiaolang has asked." Mu Geng said, "I haven't found the murderer."
Li Xia breathed a sigh of relief and took out all the money on his body.
"I will stay here for more than ten days and buy some food for my brothers."
Mu Geng was not polite, took it, and said: "Prime Minister Jia has sent someone to buy the items you need, and they will be delivered shortly."
"Thank you for your hard work..."
At this point, Li Xia was "imprisoned" in Xiantai.
This time, by assassinating Sun Yingzhi, he deliberately implicated Ding Daquan, forcing him to defend himself to death, and then secretly sought refuge with Jia Sidao, in order to avoid many troubles and dangers before he was appointed.
For example, Uncle Xie Fang's revenge against the Sun family, and Ding Daquan's persecution.
Li Xia did this because he knew that it was not easy to change from a death row prisoner to an official.
The county captain sounds like a very small official, but there are tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of people in a county. The county magistrate, the county magistrate, the principal, and the county captain are all together, and there are only four people. How many people have studied hard for twenty or thirty years?
To be a Jinshi is to be a county captain.
Why do you want to be this official?
Have you made meritorious deeds? If you are a humble person, if you make meritorious deeds, just like a child holding gold in a busy market, someone will take your credit away. This is how power works.
Are you capable? Since you are capable and don’t express your allegiance, who is willing to help for no reason? Are you appointed to work for political opponents?
Li Xia knows very well that to get something, you must first work hard enough.
He felt that he had tried his best this time and was as thorough as possible.
Although I still don’t know what the trouble was before my rebirth.
What if the trouble is revealed because of the assassination of Sun Yingzhi?
But if he doesn't kill, Sun Yingzhi will kill himself...
On his first night in the Song Dynasty, Lu Bingxiong took a bone knife and stabbed him while he was sleeping.
It is precisely by relying on decisive actions again and again that I can survive until now.
There will never be any trouble that neither Prime Minister Ding Daquan nor Jia Sidao can solve.
But I always feel something is wrong, what are I worried about?
Gao Changshou, Gao Mingyue?
Just as Li Xia was thinking about this, there was a knock on the door outside the house.
When I opened the door, I saw a woman standing gracefully, with a woman beside her carrying many objects.
"Sun Lianlian, my slave, is here to serve you..."
Li Xia glanced at her. She was not as beautiful as Gao Mingyue and Zhang Wenjing.
He took a corresponding item from his mother-in-law's hand.
Sun Lianlian just wanted to enter, but he stopped her. Then, the door was closed.
There was a "click" sound and the door bolt was closed.
"Mr. Lang is so angry." A charming voice sounded outside the door...
Li Xia ignored her.
He is not a moral gentleman. If he had not been interrupted by Nian'er at Fenglianlou at noon, he might not have left.
But if Jia Sidao wants to put someone next to him, that won't work.
After a while, someone outside the door said: "Li Xiaolangjun, Mr. Jia sent someone to tell you that everyone in Dengwick Lane is here. You can put your worries aside and have fun with my little lady."
Li Xia thought to herself that it was not because she was worried about Gao Mingyue and Gao Changshou that she refused.
But I did breathe a sigh of relief...
Sun Lianlian came to beg for sex for three nights in a row, but Li Xiali didn't pay any attention to her.
On the fourth night, Jia Sidao didn't send her over again.
In this regard, it can be seen that Jia Sidao's temperament is much better than that of Ding Daquan. Li Xia has never heard Sun Lianlian say something like "If the husband does not want the slave family, Jia Xianggong will kill the slave family."
On the contrary, on the third night she even scolded Li Xia several times.
"You are just a piece of skin, but do you think your bird is valuable? I don't care about it. I'm afraid you won't be able to use it. You are looking at a useless thief and a bald donkey, bah!"
After hearing this, Li Xia thought that it was tolerable that Jia Sidao could get such a temper out of a domestic prostitute.
The next day, a note was handed over, written by Han Chengxu, saying that everything was fine.
At the same time, Jia Sidao also wrote a note to Li Xia. The handwriting was very good, but the content was very strange.
"You are a hozen, but your good intentions are like the liver and lungs of a donkey."
The deputy prime minister of the dynasty has this bad character...
Li Xia stayed in this room every day, except for reading a few books of local chronicles of Xishu and doing so-called daily exercises.
While the guards were bragging and chatting, he never participated.
It was rare that he regained the boring, regular and fulfilling life he wanted. He also felt that it would be good to prepare behind closed doors like this before taking office.
Gui Hepu would often come to tell Li Xia some things outside...
"Sure enough, many people in the court believed that Prime Minister Ding sent someone to assassinate Sun Shaoqing. There were many accusations against Sun Shaoqing, and they were suppressed at the admonishment platform. Prime Minister Ding did not want this matter to be spread to the ears of officials, so he worked hard. The murderer has been caught.
When we arrived, a rogue man from the city wanted to steal some money, but unexpectedly he stabbed Taichang Qing."
Li Xia nodded.
"In short, the murderer has been caught and the case will be closed soon."
"After the case is closed, Mr. Jia will no longer have the name to recruit people to protect me."
"Yes," Gui Hepu said, "Erlang of the Sun family threatened that you would kill Sun Shaoqing, and the traitorous party protected you. Look at this, as soon as you go to the criminal department, he will send someone to kill you. But don't worry, Prime Minister Ding has already
Your official position has been arranged, and the appointment will be available in two or three days."
"So soon? Didn't you mean half a month?"
"Normally, it would be difficult to get an official position not to mention half a month, but a few months, but this time Ding Xiang is anxious to settle the matter. Speaking of which, if he can kill you, he will kill you. But killing you shows that he has a guilty conscience.
, only by placing you as an official can he show his strength."
When Gui Hepu said this, he smiled and said: "You are really good at calculating."
Li Xia asked again: "Is there anyone in the court who colludes with the Zhang family in the north? I'm afraid they will kill me too. Has Mr. Jia investigated?"
"How can we find out this? There are not many people around Lin'an City, but there are many officials." Gui Hepu said: "Alang told you not to worry about others all day long. Who do you think you are? There are so many people who want to kill you?"
"I cherish my life."
"There is one more thing. Nowadays, all the literary talents in the city are looking for you to test your articles and poems. Just now, I saw a few scholars outside and asked you to answer a question. I see
It's interesting to have, I'll bring it in for you."
Li Xia took it and took a look, only to see a couplet written on the paper.
"Three lyrics, two poems, Ding Men's lackey, one stunk for thousands of years."
Gui Hepu said: "Those scholars also said that if you don't correct yourself, you will be deceiving the world and stealing your reputation. If you are willing to correct one of them, I will take him out in a while."
Li Xia threw the paper away and asked, "Where is Nie Zhongyou's official position?"
"General Wu Xin is ready, Alang is taking care of this matter."
"At that time, the two prime ministers Cheng and Jia agreed that the deputy capital would be in charge."
"Alang has never heard of this matter. The errand was done by you, not Nie Zhongyou. It's hard to tell whether he has merit or demerits this time. Besides, without mentioning the suspicion of collaborating with the enemy, how easy is it to find a job for him in a short time?"
"Preparation will be too low."
"Anyway, that's what Alang said. What's the use of having a personal attendant?"
Li Xia thought for a while, wrote a few words with a pen, and handed it to Gui Hepu.
Gui Hepu said: "You thought of returning the pair to those scholars so quickly?"
"It's for your Alang."
"If you have anything to say, I can just bring it over..."
As Gui Hepu said, he looked down and saw seven words written on the paper.
"The bird and the monkey don't keep their word."
I wanted to throw the note away, but after thinking about it, Gui Hepu accepted it anyway and left the Criminal Division angrily.
The few scholars outside were still there. They came forward, pointed at the note in his hand, and sneered: "You really have the nerve to treat my match..."
"spit!"
Guihe Pu spat and cursed: "Pull the bird! You don't even care what kind of person you are facing off against Li Xia, what do you think you are? People treat you like a fart, get out of here!"
Gui Hepu left the punishment department, and several scholars were still standing outside talking loudly.
After a while, I saw an official and more than ten people walking from the other end of the long street. He glanced at the scholars and frightened them into silence.
This group of people entered the Punishment Department, bypassed the government office, and walked directly to the room where Li Xia was at the back.
When Mu Geng saw this, he quickly stepped forward and stopped him, saying: "I have been ordered by the Privy Council to detain important criminals here. No one else can enter."
"Do you know who I am?"
Mu Geng said: "I don't know."
The young official said: "My surname is Quan, Quan Yongjian, I am Ren Chengxinlang, and I am also the direct secret pavilion."
Mu Geng felt slightly amused, what kind of official is Cheng Xinlang? He is a junior official with the lowest military rank, and his official position is much higher than that of the other party. Zhimi Pavilion is a civilian official, and it is just a subordinate position.
But I heard Quan Yongjian say something else.
"My father is the nephew of Mrs. Ci Xian."
Mu Geng was startled and quickly acted, saying respectfully: "I have seen the envoy Quan."
Mrs. Ci Xian... is the biological mother of the current official family.
The Quan Yongjian in front of me is a relative of the emperor.
"According to the official decree, since Li Xia is not suspected of murder, the Criminal Division is not allowed to detain him and bring him out. Mrs. Ci Xian wants to hear his story about the north."
Mu Geng's expression changed drastically. He raised his eyes slightly and glanced at the oracle in front of him. He did not dare to refuse and took a step back.