Empress Dowager Guide

Chapter 128 Comparing
"As the official of the imperial court, I naturally have many worries."

"It's just. Seeing that Mr. Li has suffered such a disaster, and the folks are so respectful of the Tiancaihui, it's natural for me to stay in Fengchun permanently."

Xia Yuhuai showed a helpless look, but the messenger didn't take it seriously and said, "My lord has a lot of worries, don't I have any worries about my lord?"

"how do I say this?"

"What's more, those who join our Sky Lottery Club must first pay the membership fee, and..."

The envoy paused, and looked Xia Yuhuai up and down with his eyes, "My lord... your salary... I'm afraid you still need to save some time."

Xia Yuhuai was dissatisfied with being sized up by the envoy, and thought that Sky Cai would win over Li Lingfeng many times before, but she was so dismissive of herself, and couldn't help but angrily said, "What do you mean?!"

"Isn't your lord clear about what this envoy means?"

"How dare you insult the imperial court official!"

The messenger seemed to be amused by Xia Yuhuai's words, "Don't misinterpret my meaning, my lord, is there a lie in what I said?"

"The official robe worn by your lord is already the standard three years ago, and your income in Xiayi is not satisfactory."

"Actually, it's true, Mr. Xia, if you can get the position of county magistrate due to your background, your pockets must have been emptied long ago, so how can you care about changing your official robes?"

Xia Yuhuai remained silent for a long time after being stabbed by this slanderous words, and finally sighed after a long time, "It seems that you have already investigated me."

The envoy shook his head, "There is no need to investigate such a matter, the Stone God will tell us clearly."

Only then did the envoy feel open and honest, and said softly, "Wouldn't it be a pity that such a talent as your lord should be delayed by the court?"

"If there was any offense just now, please forgive me. I... just want you to see the face of this dog court!"

Xia Yuhuai looked up at the messenger without saying a word, but the resentment in his eyes was clearly seen by the messenger.

The envoy took the opportunity to add fire, "My lord wanted to join my Tiancai Club before, just to protect myself. But... my Tiancai Club never accepts useless people. With the talents of adults, how can I be limited to this?" Little Fengchun?"

"what do you mean?"

"Nowadays the world is divided into three parts, Great Liang is weak, and it is controlled by a group of Qiang people who only know horseback riding and archery, and the aristocratic family has no backbone, and they dare not revive the prestige of the past. , but beyond the east of the river is Nanjing, and to the north of Qilian Mountains is Helian, surrounded by powerful enemies, the stone god came out to save the world from suffering!"

Xia Yuhuai's three views were shattered by the emissary's words again. When he made an unannounced visit last year, the Tiancaihui was not so ambitious, nor was it so outrageous!

How could the Sky Color Club change from a blood-sucking dodder to a man-eating flower with teeth and claws in just two months?

The envoy paused, "Of course, it's normal for adults to have doubts."

Xia Yuhuai interrupted the emissary decisively and continued, "No, since the Tiancai Society has such ambitions, I'll just join in!"

The envoy didn't expect his persuasion to surrender so smoothly, so he asked doubtfully, "My lord...you are so happy, why don't you think about it?"

Xia Yuhuai laughed loudly, "Why is the envoy so condescending?! I invited you here today to discuss this matter, but the envoy doesn't seem to welcome me..."

The messenger also smiled, "For the sake of caution, everyone who enters our Tiancai Club will have to go through this."

"Ishigami called it: a stress interview."

Seeing that Xia Yuhuai was puzzled, the emissary explained, "Most of the god's will is complicated and confusing. Sometimes we, as venerables, can't fully understand the stone god's will."

Xia Yuhuai sensed something was wrong and asked, "That is to say, you have all seen Stone God before?"

"joke!"

"I waited to serve the stone god, how could I not have seen it?"

Xia Yuhuai slandered, I thought it was made up.

Since I have seen him, there must be someone playing tricks behind his back!
"Then may I ask, what shape is this stone god...?"

It was a misunderstanding, Xia Yuhuai also added, "Don't misunderstand the envoy, I am just curious. I have never seen a god in this world before, so..."

The emissary didn't answer Xia Yuhuai's question directly, but sneered, "Master, don't you think that we are all stupid bastards who are fooled by people pretending to be fools?"

Xia Yuhuai: Who said it wasn't?This is you scolding yourself!You move your mouth first!Don't blame me.

Xia Yuhuai waved his hands again and again, and the envoy calmed down his anger, "Stone God can only talk to us in a human form, but most of the time, Stone God prefers to show people his body. And Stone God's body is now in my Tiancai Hui Temple Be bathed by the radiance of the sun and the moon, so as to help us achieve great things in the future!"

"But I heard that you didn't need these things when you joined the club before. You only need to pay the membership fee. When did you have this again... What about the pressure interview?"

"Today is different from the past, how can adults and those ordinary people be compared?"

"Since your lord has joined, tonight is a good day."

Xia Yuhuai:? ? ? ?

"I'm going to hold a banquet in Tiancailou to entertain your lord. One is to celebrate your lord's joining the Tiancai Club. The other is that the business was busy a few days ago. I didn't have a chance to visit you when Master Xia came. Tonight is for your lord. Take the wind! Let the adults also feel the customs of my Fengchun!"

Xia Yuhuai was about to resign in a hurry, but the queen mother let him go deep into the enemy camp to find out the details, but she didn't let him become one with these people and call them brothers.

"Why, my lord is unwilling?"

"No, no, please, the envoy, I will go no matter what. It's just..."

Xia Yuhuai had an idea, "Master Li passed away not long ago, and the case has not yet been closed. I'm going to banquets here and there. This... is really not good... not good."

"What's the problem?!"

"My lord, don't worry, I can guarantee that, where my lord has been and what I said tonight, as long as I say a word, no one will dare to reveal a word!"

Seeing that this trick was useless, Xia Yuhuai panicked, so he quickly changed his mind and said, "To tell you the truth, the higher-ups are really pressing too hard. Tomorrow is the last day the higher-ups give me the deadline to close the case. If I say If Chou Yinmao doesn't grow up, this official's... black hat will not be able to be kept."

The envoy frowned slightly when he heard that, "In this case... I can ask Stone God for you, if Stone God is willing..."

"Then I'm here to thank Stone God for his protection!"

The messenger immediately turned his head and looked at Xia Yuhuai in surprise. How could Xia Yuhuai, who was speaking righteously just a moment ago, change his face so quickly? !

Xia Yuhuai himself didn't react much to this, he just looked at the envoy expectantly: "Quickly ask, it's best to ask him a clue so that he can continue to investigate!"
The messenger had no choice but to turn his head and leave, but he always felt that there was nothing wrong with it? !
How do you feel like you've been used?
Here Lu Qingfeng followed Li Da, only to see that he went back to his firewood room and fiddled with it, and then left the backyard mysteriously.

Taking advantage of Li Da's turning around and not realizing it, Lu Qingfeng also went to spy in his room.

The firewood house where Li Da lives has been abandoned for a long time, if Li Da hadn't moved here, almost no one in the county government would remember that there is still a dilapidated small courtyard here.

Pushing open the unlocked door, several strands of old ash came out from nowhere, choking Lu Qingfeng back again and again.

I don't know how this old man lives, why the dust is so big...

The firewood room was shabby, and the cabinets were turned upside down by Li Da just now, but looking around, it seemed that something was missing in Li Da's residence.

It's a bed!
Li Da's residence doesn't even have a bed for sleeping!

How does Li Da live on a daily basis?

Lu Qingfeng didn't have time to think carefully, and turned his head out of the county office to look for people on the street. Sure enough, he saw Li Da sneaking into a carriage and hurried away. He immediately went back to the county office to pick up a fast horse, and chased Towards the direction where Li Da left.

When Li Dagang arrived at the entrance of Tiancai Town, Lu Qingfeng had already put away his whip, tied the horse behind Li's house, and waited in the dark.

Sure enough, not long after, Li Da's carriage stopped in front of Li's house, and the driver asked him for ten coins. Hastily took out the money from the sleeve and threw it to the coachman, then turned and entered Li's house.

When Lu Qingfeng passed by the coachman, he heard the coachman muttering, "The family is so rich, yet they are so stingy, it's really... Heaven's injustice!"

Lu Qingfeng immediately stopped the driver and asked, "Do you know anyone from this family?"

"I know you, isn't the one who got out of the car just now the Li Ya servant who works in the county government office?"

"Why don't you say that his life is good? He was just a shabby farmer. He sent his son to a school with some spare money, and didn't even check if his son was that kind of material? But now? Tsk tsk tsk..."

Seeing that the coachman knew a lot, Lu Qingfeng made a gesture to invite him to drink tea.

But the coachman waved his hand, "My lord, I'm not as lucky as others, and I don't have the leisure time to inquire about other people's affairs like you. If I don't drive the car, I will starve tonight!"

Lu Qingfeng had no choice but to take out his money bag and wave it in front of the coachman, "If you speak well, this bag of money will be yours."

The coachman half-believingly said, "Really?"

Lu Qingfeng nodded, "That's natural."

Seeing that the coachman was about to agree to come down, he suddenly became vigilant and said, "You are not going to trick me into working as a coolie in the black mine, are you?! A few foreigners came to Tiancai Town before, and they deceived a lot People went to the black mine and never came back...you won't..."

The coachman made a gesture to run away, so Lu Qingfeng had no choice but to block the coachman's way with the sword at his waist, "If you don't tell me, I can take your life right now!"

The coachman was so frightened that he repeatedly begged for mercy, "Say, I will!"

"I said... where are you?"

Lu Qingfeng was just trying to frighten him, seeing him looking at him weakly, Lu Qingfeng softened his tone and said, "You said that his son didn't even look at this piece of material."

"Ah... yes yes yes!"

"His eldest son was so stubborn that he often made Xishi very angry. Later, his eldest son was not allowed to go to the school, and Da Li only sent his second son to go."

"Although this eldest son is not good at school, he is quite good at business and business. Gradually, the family has accumulated a lot of money. Seeing that life is getting better day by day..."

"However, there are always gains and losses in business. When not making money, the eldest son of Master Li often uses alcohol to relieve his worries. This alcohol is the essence of food, but it can also do a lot of harm."

"Because of the wine, he caused a disaster."

"For this reason, he even pawned off his family's land, house and cattle, just to repay the debt."

Lu Qingfeng asked hesitantly, "Then here?"

"Don't worry, my lord, this is where the blame lies."

"Then one day, Li Da, who was kicked out of the house, was suddenly called by the Fengchun County Government to work as a government servant, and the eldest son of Li's family did not know where to find the capital and started a business again."

"This will be a lesson from last time. He didn't have much trouble, but..."

"It's just that the folks in the village wanted him to take him with him to do his business, but he flatly refused. Now, the Li family's reputation will be completely stink."

"In the past, the villagers helped him repay those bad debts, and helped him block the debt collectors from outside. Looking back, he refused to ask him to bring them along to make money. Now he has provoked public anger."

"So, don't you think they are repairing houses and building buildings now, but no one cares about their father and son. The boss is almost thirty now, and he hasn't found a wife yet."

"You mean, the Li family's wealth is earned by their eldest son?"

The coachman nodded, "It's not bad."

"Then what is the name of the eldest son?"

The coachman grinned and smiled, showing a row of white teeth, "He is Li Da, and the eldest son is Li Dabao."

Lu Qingfeng memorized it silently, turned around and was about to leave, when the coachman said "Hey -", Lu Qingfeng remembered something, threw the money bag in his hand to the coachman, and walked towards Li's house without looking back.

"There really are such weird people in the world."

Lu Qingfeng walked around Li's house, found a low wall and climbed over it. Fortunately, although Li's house was big, it didn't have many servants.Otherwise, with such a large person like Lu Qingfeng climbing over the wall, it would have already attracted the attention of the master.

Lu Qingfeng took a look around and guessed where the main courtyard of the mansion was, so he groped towards the main courtyard.

As soon as Li Dagang returned to the mansion, he went straight to Li Xiaobao's yard. Before Li Xiaobao could react, Li Da picked him up and searched him.

"Father, what are you doing?"

"Money bag...money bag...your money bag, I ask you where is your money bag?!"

Li Xiaobao said in a daze, "I met my uncle a few days ago, he asked me to borrow money, so I just..."

Before Li Xiaobao finished speaking, Li Da's slap landed on the back of Li Xiaobao's head, "You prodigal, your uncle lent you money, and you gave him all the money?!"

Li Xiaobao said aggrievedly, "Then uncle is not borrowing, it is obviously robbery!"

Li Da took a few breaths and said slowly, "Since it was the purse lost by Li Shisan, you should remember that the purse has nothing to do with you, you know?"

Li Xiaobao was also guilty, and only murmured "Yes."

Li Da was dissatisfied, and said in a hoarse voice, "Speak up! Do you remember?"

　I went to have my wisdom teeth extracted today, two upper and lower ones, the extraction process was fine, but now it’s swollen like a pig’s head, and it’s difficult to type, please bear with me~
　　
　
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