Please, marry a white snake wife. It’s super cool.

Lu Yuan held the imperial edict in his hand and was thinking about how the emperor knew about his situation.

Lu Yuan felt overwhelmed. This Emperor Taizu was so clever that he was almost impossible to guard against.

Emperor Taizu knew everything that happened in Dongchang City.

The only thing Lu Yuan could think of was that the emperor had too many spies in Dongchang City.

The officials who were kneeling on the ground listened to the imperial edict, and those officials who had committed the crime sat on the ground and lamented, and some even fainted from fright.

Officials who make mistakes or are right will report their affairs to the court.

Those who confess will be treated with leniency, those who resist will be treated with severity.

Anyone who commits a crime and dares to conceal it or not report it should wait for Emperor Taizu to convict him.

Of course, some officials are destined to be liquidated and their homes confiscated by the court.

This has nothing to do with Lu Yuan, it is a matter for the court.

In the next few months, Lu Yuan needs to do a good job in selecting officials and filling vacancies.

Abolish what should be abolished, and reuse what should be reused.

Lu Yuan will first arrange some officials to do these tasks, and then he will just do the checking himself.

Lu Yuan and others sent the old eunuch away, then turned to look at the mess on the ground.

Lu Yuan ordered his cronies: "Let the restaurant owner calculate how much loss we can make up for. I only have this bag of silver with me. If it's not enough, you can make up for it first. I'll make up for it when I return to Taining City."

After Lu Yuan finished speaking, he threw the bag of silver in his arms to his cronies.

"General Song, let's go and get together in the government office." Lu Yuan said, looking at Song Chi.

Lu Yuan hadn't seen Song Chi for a long time, so he called Song Chi and went to the government office, taking this opportunity to have a few drinks.

After Lu Yuan got Song Chi's answer, he took Xiaoqian and left without looking back.

A group of officials were left in a daze, and the new prefect gave them unexpected surprises every time.

Song Chi arranged for his troops to set up camp five miles outside the city. They were not allowed to enter the city to disturb the people without general orders.

After Song Chi gave the order, he jogged to catch up with Lu Yuan.

Song Chi ran to Lu Yuan, elbowed him, and whispered: "Brother-in-law, he is so powerful now. He has been promoted to the prefect of Dongchang."

Song Chi pointed at the imperial edict in Lu Yuan's hand and said, "He still has the power of life and death. This power of killing first and reporting later is not something anyone can have if they want it."

Lu Yuan doesn't care about the right to kill first and report later, so what does he have?

If the emperor is happy, he will let you jump up and down; if the emperor is unhappy, the four words "cut first and then play" will be the "puff" fart sound.

Lu Yuan asked Song Chi, "Have you ever heard of a death-free ticket?"

Song Chi responded: "I've heard of it, but we've never seen that thing. We only heard that it was for those dukes, marquises, and earls. However, we also heard that many officials willingly handed over the death-free iron coupons. Go back, tsk tsk, these officials are so loyal!”

Lu Yuan sighed, patted Song Chi on the shoulder, and said nothing more, hoping that this kid could figure it out on his own.

Xiaoqian followed, unable to understand the conversation between the two, so she just lowered her head and followed.

Song Chi glanced at Xiaoqian and said, "Brother-in-law, is this your new concubine? She's a little prettier than our sister."

Lu Yuan squinted his eyes, glanced sideways at Song Chi and said, "Don't talk nonsense, this is Xiaoqian, I just met, friend."

Lu Yuan didn't know how to describe the relationship between him and Xiaoqian for a moment, so he paused and said they were his friends.

Song Chi, who was very talkative, looked at Xiaoqian and said, "Miss Xiaoqian, we are a big boss, don't mind."

Xiaoqian guarded the two men and whispered: "It's okay, we don't mind."

In the government office, a table of food was placed in the courtyard.

Lu Yuan raised his chopsticks and said, "I just came to Dongchang City, and I haven't even eaten hot food. How about this dish? When my wife heard that you were coming, she specially cooked two dishes for you."

Song Chi's mouth was full, and he hesitated and nodded, barely making it audible: "It's delicious, it's delicious."

Su Liyan's cooking skills are naturally impeccable.

Su Liyan poured a glass of wine for Song Chi.

At the dinner table, Lu Yuan, Su Liyan and Xiao Qian had all eaten not long ago, and the three of them kept watching Song Chi gobble them up.

Song Chi learned that his brother-in-law was in danger on the way, but he didn't even drink water.

Song Chi chewed the meat in his mouth, took another sip of wine, chewed a few mouthfuls, swallowed, and said, "Brother-in-law, you guys should eat too, don't just watch me eat."

Lu Yuan picked up a piece of fried peanuts, started to chew it, and said, "Today, I would like to thank you for arriving in time, otherwise we would really start fighting with those people."

Song Chi said: "It's nothing, brother-in-law, it's a trivial matter. Without the guns and cannons given by brother-in-law, we wouldn't be able to become a general now."

"By the way, how are you doing, sister?" Song Chi stopped the chopsticks in his hands and looked at Lu Yuan.

"Aunt Song, you're fine. Stay here for a few days and let's go back to Taining City together. Then you can meet your sister." Lu Yuan knew that Song Chi had been thinking about his sister.

Su Liyan said: "I haven't called home yet today, so I'll call home now."

"Yeah, look, we forgot about this." Lu Yuan patted his head, stood up and said, "Just wait a moment, I'll go to the room to get the phone."

Song Chi had never seen the phone and didn't know what Lu Yuan and Su Liyan were talking about.

When Lu Yuan took the phone and just sat down.

Aunt Song's voice came from the other end of the phone, "Brother? Are you listening?"

Song Chi heard a familiar and long-lost voice coming from the black box in Lu Yuan's hand, and his chopsticks fell on the table.

Song Chi pointed to the black box in Lu Yuan's hand in disbelief and said, "This, is this our sister's voice?"

"Brother? Can you hear us?"

Song Chi heard her sister's voice again, quickly rubbed the oil in her hands on her clothes, took the phone from Lu Yuan's hand with both hands, and said carefully: "Sister, it's me, can you hear me?"

On the other end of the phone, after a few seconds, a choked voice came: "My brother, my sister misses you."

It's been a long time since Song Chi was promoted to commander-in-chief and left. He hasn't seen his sister Song Meiqin for a long time. The relationship between the siblings is excellent.

Song Meiqin's life in Taining City was to live with Lu Yuan, Zhao Qiaoer, and Su Liyan, living happily every day without worrying about food and clothing.

All the while, Song Meiqin was in Taining City without any relatives there, so she would inevitably miss her brother who was fighting abroad.

Song Meiqin and Song Chi chatted for a long time through the Big Brother phone.

Lu Yuan looked at Song Chi, who had red eyes, and felt that the majestic general in the past would also have iron-clad tenderness.

Lu Yuan was reminded of a sentence, "Cars, horses, and mail are all slow, but there is only enough time to love one person in a lifetime."

It's not easy for Song Chi and Song Meiqin to meet.

Xiaoqian looked like she had never seen the world before. She looked at the black box in Song Chi's hand warily and said, "This thing can actually transmit sounds thousands of miles away!"

Su Liyan explained to Xiaoqian in a low voice.
After Song Chi finished the phone call with Song Meiqin. Lu Yuan said: "The matter in Dongchang City has come to an end for the time being. I wonder how long you will be returning to Taining City to rest?"

Song Chi took a sip of wine and said: "When we go back this time, the border is now peaceful. Without King Yan's order, we brought hundreds of subordinates with us back to Taining City this time, and we can live in Taining City for a month or two."

"That's good. We still need to deal with the things here. You can have some fun in Dongchang City first. After two days, we will set off back to Taining City." Lu Yuan said.

When Xiaoqian heard that Lu Yuan and others were leaving in two days, she looked at everyone eagerly.

As if taking care of her sister, Su Liyan straightened Xiaoqian's clothes and said, "Come with us."

When Xiaoqian heard this, her eyes lit up and she said, "Okay, okay, sister, we are willing to follow you to Taining City."

Two days were enough for Lu Yuan to rectify the administration.

Lu Yuan was busy with business early every day and didn't go to bed until very late. Apart from drinking some milk, he was so busy that he only had one meal every day.

Lu Yuan reused Zuo Tongzhi and other officials, and everything was arranged properly.

In the early morning two days later, Lu Yuan brought Su Liyan, Xiaoqian, and eight close associates to Song Chi's camp.

Song Chi was preparing his army and broke out of camp to head to Taining City.

Song Chi led people to bring in some fast horses, walked up to Lu Yuan and said, "Brother-in-law, these fast horses are for you to ride on."

Lu Yuan said with a smile: "Give these horses to my confidant, and you can ride our car and go with us."

Song Chi asked in confusion: "How can riding a bicycle be as comfortable as riding a horse? You don't have to put in any effort yourself."

Lu Yuan said: "You, just ask the deputy general to lead your team. It will be faster if we ride our car."

Song Chi had no choice but to do as he was told, and went with Lu Yuan to a common man's house outside the city to pick up a motorcycle.

Fortunately, Song Chi had experienced how to ride a bicycle before in Taining City, otherwise this motorcycle would be really difficult to ride.

Xiaoqian is miserable because she can't ride a motorcycle.

Su Liyan had no choice but to put a lot of soft things on the back seat of the motorcycle and let Xiaoqian sit in the back seat.

Just like that, the henchmen without motorcycles followed as far as they could on horseback.

Song Chi couldn't help but praise him several times along the way.

"This car is so cool. This motorcycle is much faster than riding a horse."

It was Xiaoqian's first time riding a motorcycle, and she was still a little scared. She hugged her sister Su Liyan's waist tightly.

Su Liyan could clearly feel Xiaoqian's chest pressing against her back.

The two of them leaned together, feeling warmer as the wind blew through them.

When Lu Yuan led everyone into the Zhao Mansion in Taining City, the servant who had just wiped the door of the mansion rushed into the mansion waving the rag in his hand.

The servants shouted excitedly: "My nephew, I'm back! My nephew, my wife, I'm back!"

In the Zhao Mansion, I heard the shouts of the servants.

Su Liyanniang and Song Meiqin came out to greet them.

These days, Lu Yuan was not in Zhao Mansion, so it felt much deserted.

Since Lu Yuan left, Su Liyanniang has been hanging around her granddaughter and looking at the child all day long.

Song Meiqin didn't even bother to put on makeup, so she wore smart work clothes and walked around the factory when she had nothing to do.

Only Zhao Qiaoer is the busiest one, feeding two children every day.

Huanhuan is better, smaller and eats less.

Even though Bengbeng is just a little girl, she is very strong with food. She doesn't want to drink milk. If she still can't do it, she just kicks her legs.

Lu Yuan, who entered the house first, was the first to speak: "Mother, Aunt Song."

Su Liyan took her mother's hand forward, touched her hand and said, "Mom, my mother has been tired these days when we are away."

Su Liyanniang said: "No way. In the Zhao Mansion, there are people waiting for you. I am already much more blessed than in my hometown in the countryside."

Su Liyan is very content with her current life. In addition to taking care of the children every day, she doesn't have to cook her own meals or wash her urine.

If this were placed in an ordinary family, wouldn’t the elderly in many families not only have to take care of their grandchildren, but also cook for their sons and daughters-in-law after they come back from get off work?

Therefore, what Su Liyan Niang said is not wrong. The sisters in Changliu Village are now busy at home taking care of their children and taking care of their families. It is not easy at all.

Song Meiqin, who was following Su Liyan's mother, threw herself directly into Lu Yuan's arms, hugged Lu Yuan tightly, stood on tiptoes and kissed her several times, and said cheerfully: "My little nephew, I miss my aunt so much."

Uh-huh. Uh-huh.
Song Meiqin, who had just said the last sentence, kissed her several times before letting go.

Song Meiqin threw herself into Lu Yuan's arms, wiped the saliva on her nephew's face with her hands, and then greeted everyone.

Only then did Song Meiqin realize that the burly man standing behind the crowd was her younger brother Song Chi.

Song Meiqin broke away from Lu Yuan's arms, walked to Song Chi, stroked Song Chi's face and said, "My brother is darker and thinner, but he looks much stronger."

Song Chi chuckled: "Sister, long time no see, I thought you would see me at first sight."

Song Meiqin was awakened by her brother's words, her reckless behavior just now.

There were so many people present, and I had taken the initiative to hug and kiss him just now, which was really a shame.

Song Meiqin lowered her head shyly, stepped on Song Chi, and whispered, "Okay, don't say any more."

These siblings are the kind of people who miss each other even if they don't see each other, and quarrel with each other but don't kiss each other when they meet.

Xiaoqian looked at everyone, they all had their own families, standing aside with envy.

Xiaoqian thought how great it would be if her parents were still here, and she could feel the warmth of home.

Zhao Qiaoer was the last one to run out. Zhao Qiaoer twisted her waist and hips while fastening the buttons of her coat and said, "You didn't even wait for us. The two babies are still in the house. Fortunately, there are maids taking care of them."

Lu Yuan went up to him and picked up the heavy Zhao Qiaoer.

Zhao Qiaoer was a tall man of 1.89 meters, and Lu Yuan picked him up.

Lu Yuan hugged Zhao Qiaoer and spun around.

Zhao Qiaoer, who was lifted high, praised: "My dear heart, you are so powerful!"

Lu Yuan, who was gagged, hesitated and said: "Aunt Zhao, I haven't seen you for several days, and I can't even breathe."

Hearing this, Zhao Qiaoer fluttered and said, "Then put me down, don't break our heart."

After Lu Yuan hugged Zhao Qiaoer and landed firmly, he chuckled and said, "Aunt Zhao, what's wrong? You still won't let me kiss you?"

Aunt Zhao crossed her arms and said, "He's still our nephew. He's the one who dislikes my aunt."

Everyone present laughed loudly. (End of chapter)