Xie Jin accepted the errand, but he still couldn't figure out why the emperor suddenly had this idea. He just vaguely felt that this was definitely not as simple as a newspaper, but had a deeper purpose.
In fact, the purpose is very simple!
Zhu Yunxi has the handle of a knife, but he also needs a handle of a pen. Sometimes the handle of a pen is easier to use than the handle of a knife, and public opinion must be in his hands.
This is a soft knife that can kill people without blood, and it can do no harm!
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In the blink of an eye, it was already the second day.
The sky in Beijing looks like a child's daddy, blurry, messy and wet.
It rained heavily this year. When we woke up in the morning, the air was full of water vapor, and the water vapor also had a faint and inexplicable smell.
Especially the one in Pimiaochang has a particularly strong taste.
A convoy with no end in sight carrying food passed by from the city gate, and the escorting soldiers couldn't help but wave their hands to drive them away.
This smell is very familiar to them, the smell of decay.
Looking up, outside the skin temple, human skins that have not yet been exposed to the sun and become moldy and discolored due to rain are all propped up on poles!
Those are all corrupt officials and price-gouging profiteers who have been executed in the past few days.
Even these soldiers have seen blood, so their scalps are numb and their hairs stand on end after seeing such a scene.
Li Jinglong, wearing a treasure-colored cloak, looked at the endless motorcade with a solemn expression on his face.
"Send the order!" Li Jinglong on horseback shook his whip and said coldly, "If anyone among the troops transporting rice grains dares to have unclean hands and feet, these human skins will be their fate!"
"Here!" Li Xiaowai, a soldier, agreed loudly, turned his horse's head and went to deliver the order.
Then, Li Jinglong tightened his cloak again, turned around and smiled at the man in his thirties, "These killers, if you don't say harsh words first, they really dare to do anything on the road!"
"Compassion does not command troops! What the Duke said is absolutely true!" the man replied with a smile.
This man was none other than Deng Duo whom he recommended.
Deng Duo was just wearing an ordinary waistband, without any of the arrogance and extravagance of a rich man. Moreover, he seemed to be always frowning, as if he was always thinking about something.
"Third brother, I'm going out on business this time, and my future is promising!" Li Jinglong said again.
"It's all the Emperor's kindness!" Deng Duo clasped his fists in the sky, and then whispered, "It's also the kindness of Duke Cao! Duo, I feel guilty and can't repay you!"
"Hey, if we don't talk to each other, how can I not come to you if something good comes up?" Li Jinglong laughed, and then whispered, "Actually, you don't have to be so cautious. The ups and downs of Xungui's family are all
It's a common thing. As long as you strive for your own strength, you can turn around in the blink of an eye." He said and smiled again, "A person's life is thirty years in the east of the river and thirty years in the west of the river. It's not a bad thing to suffer a little when you are young. Look at you.
, how safe it is now!”
Deng Duo smiled slightly and said nothing.
"What a wooden pile!" Li Jinglong cursed in his heart, "I'm going to give you a hand. If you don't tell me something real, I will enlighten you and persuade you. I am... both a father and a father."
mom!"
At this moment, Li Jinglong suddenly raised his eyebrows.
Several fast horses appeared in his sight. The knights on the horses were wearing bright clothes and the horses were majestic.
"The Taiping slaves are here to see you off!" Li Jinglong saw clearly that it was Deng Ping who came.
"Third brother!" Deng Ping dismounted from a distance and said, "My brother was on duty in the palace last night. When I came home this morning, my sister-in-law said you were leaving. I'll come over and see you off!"
"What are you giving? How can I throw it away?" Deng Duo frowned and scolded him, "Why are you bringing so many people? Are you talking about pomp and circumstance?"
"These are all my brother's friends!" Deng Ping lowered his head, obviously a little afraid of this brother, and took out a bag of things from the saddle, "Third brother, I'm afraid it will be inconvenient for you when you are away from home. My brother... .”
"I'm on an errand, not going out to have a good time!" Deng Duo scolded again, "I'm going to the flooded area in Huaibei, where can I spend these yellow and white things?"
As he spoke, he scolded with a nose that was not a nose or an eye, "Look at you! I have only been an official for a few days, and you are already so public. You are dressed in bright clothes, angry horses, and the jade pendants on your waist are dripping with jade. I don't know. I thought you were selling jade pendants! And that sachet, you manly man, what are you doing with all this rouge powder?"
Deng Ping was ten years younger than Deng Duo. He had been beaten by his third brother since he was a child and had grown up in awe. But now that he was being scolded in front of everyone, he couldn't hold his head up.
He opened his mouth and said, "My younger brother works in front of the emperor, so he is afraid that he will have a strange smell and be unseemly..."
"You still know that you are a servant of the imperial court!" Deng Duo was still rude, "Have you forgotten to avoid suspicion? I am a foreign official at heart, and you are an internal official. Even if we are brothers, we must keep our distance!"
"I..." Deng Ping smiled bitterly and looked at Li Jinglong.
"Okay, okay, the Taiping slaves also have good intentions!" Li Jinglong put on the air of an eldest brother-in-law, "You just start talking when we meet, won't you hurt the child's heart?"
Deng Duo rolled his eyes, said nothing, and looked at Deng Ping again, "When you are on duty in the palace, you should learn more from the stable veterans, and don't leave a bottle full of half-filled bottles around!"
"I am Cao!"
Li Jinglong was immediately displeased and cursed in his heart, "Deng Laosan, are you talking about me? Damn I have been promoted by you, so you are just ungrateful and you are criticizing me in front of me! Why didn't I do that before?" Can you see that you are such a white-eyed wolf?"
He deliberately said a few words, but then he thought about it, Deng Duo had always been like a grandma who didn't care about his uncle since he was a child, and he didn't have much respect for his brother-in-law these years, so he didn't spit out the words in his stomach.
Besides, facing this brother-in-law, Li Jinglong was somewhat unreasonable. Deng Duo was not close to him, but when he took advantage of the Deng family, Deng Duo never yelled at him.
Suddenly, Li Jinglong's eyes lit up, "You two brothers said, let me take a look over there!"
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"Marquis Chengen, why are you here in person?"
The carriage of the Zhao family came slowly. Zhao Sili's eyes were red and he lowered his head to talk to Xiao Shitou. He was very reluctant to leave. This child has never left the capital since he was a child. He is also his eldest son. At this moment, he has no trace of his strict father. There is no appearance at all, he is completely a loving father.
Seeing Li Jinglong coming, Zhao Sili quickly jumped out of the carriage and said, "Don't you dare! Duke Cao Guo, I am no longer a marquis..."
"Tsk, that's for outsiders to see. Marquis is not a matter of a word from the emperor!" Li Jinglong smiled enthusiastically.
"I don't dare, the imperial court has its own laws. I am a guilty person. Today, it is the empress's special request that I can come out to give away small stones!" Zhao Sili was really scared this time, Zhang He's head was still It's hanging on the city gate.
"Look!" Li Jinglong whispered, "You! This is an unreasonable disaster, which was saved by a villain! Who in the capital has never encountered such a thing? As long as this gust of wind passes, it will be fine!"
"I don't dare to be a lower official!" Zhao Sili said stubbornly, "The lower official deserves what he deserves!"
"Tsk!" Li Jinglong sighed, "Okay, I won't call you Lord Marquis! But, can you please don't lower your official rank one by one in front of me?" He said with a smile, "Isn't that a foreign policy?
What is our relationship?"
Then, after thinking about it, he said, "Let's do this. I will call you uncle according to your seniority. As for you, you can call me by my junior name, or just call him by his first name!"
"How dare you!" Zhao Sili waved his hands repeatedly, but his heart was warm.
People can only see their hearts when they are in trouble. Li Jinglong treated him like this before and still treats him now. It is very rare that he didn't turn away from Zhao Sili because he was guilty.
"Little Shitou, hurry up and meet Mr. Cao Guo!" Zhao Sili pulled Zhao Shi off with his big hands and slapped him on the back of the head, "Why are you so stunned! Why don't you know how to call someone!"
Zhao Shi was dressed in military uniform and looked tall and tall. He bowed his head and said, "Zhao Shi has met Cao Guogong..."
"Hey!" Suddenly, his arm was lifted, and Li Jinglong laughed, "What do you call me, sir? Brother!"
For a moment, Zhao Shi was stunned, obviously not understanding the seniority.
"Leave the child to me!" Li Jinglong patted his chest and took care of everything, "Uncle Shi, please wait at home and I will definitely bring you a good son back!"
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I took my little Lihua Yaya, one person, one cat, and a Sagitar, and traveled 3,500 kilometers home.
Visit the great rivers and mountains of China, experience the warmth and coldness of the four seasons, and look forward to an encounter.