Zhao Defang's road to the virtuous king

Li Ji, Baili and several other children entered the palace in the same year, and worked together under a servant named Hu He. He got rid of this kind of life when he came to Defang, but the children who were with him still suffered. Several servants died of serious illness because of being too tired. Only Li Ji and a child named Feng Zhen survived to the end. When he grew up, Feng Zhen simply gave all his monthly salary to Hu He, kept trying to curry favor with him, and was finally transferred to another place, but Li Ji never escaped from Hu He's control. Every time a monthly salary was paid, he hurriedly took the little money left over to his family. Ten years ago, when Baili adopted Xiaopeng, Hu He was finally arrested and beheaded by Defang's order. Li Ji was transferred to Wan'an Palace to be responsible for bringing a new servant to deal with sundries. This is the first time he got his full salary, and because he has been in the palace for 30 years, his monthly salary has also increased from three taels to five taels. With more rice grains and rewards, life at home gradually improved, but just a few months ago, when Li Ji passed the side hall, he saw Ma Ming, the deputy head of the Wan'an Palace, wrapped a teapot in cloth and put it in his arms. In the process, he saw Li Ji as soon as he turned around. Li Ji stepped forward to question him. Ma Ming took him to a room, and then he was beaten violently. Li Ji curled up in pain, barely opened his eyes, but saw It turned out that Li Jingxing, Ma Ming and two servants had stolen and replaced items in the palace for more than two years, and used the carriage that transported Yexiang to the palace to pull out the items, and then handed them over to the merchant traveler. The border trade between Song and Liao, because it is made by official kilns, is very exquisite, and the rich families in Liao state like it very much, but it is generally difficult to buy, so usually a small tea bowl in the palace can be sold for four taels of silver in border towns. Brothers surnamed Xia are greedy for money, Risking the crime of beheading, they also did it. The merchants' bids were usually only half of the selling price. The brothers surnamed Xia distributed half of the money to Li Jingxing, and Li Jingxing took half of the money himself, and the rest was distributed to the other three, because Wan An The palace was the empress dowager's residence, and no one dared to ask too much about the expenses, and the small ornaments were often reported damaged and sent in new ones, so the four of Li Jingxing could get a hundred and eighty taels of silver a month at least.

Li Jingxing wanted Li Ji to join, as long as he was obedient, he would get some money, otherwise he would disappear. Li Ji was terrified, fearing that Li Jingxing would kill him. If he really died, what would his family do? Now His own life was in the hands of others, so Li Ji had no choice but to give in and kept silent about the affairs of Li Jingxing and the others. From then on, Li Ji could get five taels of silver from Li Jingxing every month. Aroused even greater greed, they secretly took a lot of items from the room themselves, and asked Li Ji not to tell Li Jingxing, because every time they left the palace, the imperial guards would check the barrels, but as long as the pass card given by the attendant in Wan'an Palace was They won't check the bucket anymore, so the brothers surnamed Xia asked Li Ji to help them out of the palace, and gave Li Ji 20 taels in advance. Li Ji really needed money, so he agreed to help them. Responding to a mistake, he immediately ran over to distract Defang's attention, and finally the carriage left the city smoothly. Li Ji came out of the city today, in fact, because of a sentence from Defang, which was Defang said that he would be the manager. There will be a generous reward, and Li Ji thought that if he really became the chief steward, he would not have to risk the crime of beheading to do such a thing, so he took leave of absence from the palace, and wanted to recover the things stolen by the brothers surnamed Xia today If they don't want to return it, Li Ji will go to Kaifeng Mansion to report the crime, at least to make up for some of his own crimes, but he never thought that De Fang would have doubts about the brothers surnamed Xia and come here, which really shocked Li Ji.