There are mountains, rivers, and wolf kings

Chapter 338 Suspicion
Although he felt that this was a very dignified matter, Li Zhao still frowned secretly.

This girl always said that she has no money in front of her, but now she is taking so much money to beg for that false name. If she really has no money, she really doesn't believe it, but now is not saying that this is the time.

Because the boy at the entrance of the village has already lit the first firecracker.

People have already entered the village, not only the old Li's people are looking forward to it, but all the old and young in Li's Village are surrounded by the road from the village entrance to Li's.

From the entrance of the village to Li's house, it was completely surrounded.

After a while, the second firecracker was also lit.

Steward Ji stood beside Li Haitang, and said respectfully, "Second young lady, the tenth firecracker is at our door."

That is to say, there are still seven firecrackers in front that have not sounded.

By the time of the seventh hang, Li Haitang had already seen the carriage of the Annunciation approaching.

Unconsciously, he lowered his head to look at the clothes on his body. Qiu Fu on the side felt the tension in her heart, supported her arm, and said with a smile: "Miss, these announcers are just some errands in the yamen. , You don’t have much face on weekdays, but now you are the elder sister of Zhuangyuan Lang, and it’s too late for him to curry favor with you, so don’t worry.”

Only then did Li Haitang feel relieved. Thinking about it, it was the same reason. He felt that he was so impatient and nervous about such a small matter. How could he help Dongsheng in the future?

Thinking of this, he was a little ashamed of his performance just now, turned his head and smiled at Qiu Fu, his face regained his usual composure, and looked at the approaching annunciation team with clarity, completely gone from the previous apprehension.

The carriage drove to the door of Li's house, and the tenth firecracker was lit.

An announcing officer in red got out of the carriage, got off the carriage with a smile on his face, and bowed deeply to Li Dehai and Li Zhaoshi who were standing at the front.

"Congratulations to Master Li's high school champion."

Although everyone in the village knew the news before, it was only at this moment that everyone really believed that Li Dongsheng, who grew up in the Li family, was only ten years old, and he really won the champion.

Everyone said auspicious words from a distance, if it wasn't for the presence of the announcer, they would have gathered around.

At this time, the elders are always in front, so naturally Li Dehai and Li Zhao are standing in the front, the village head and patriarch are standing next to each other, Li Yulin and his brothers are standing behind, and Li Haitang is standing behind.

Even the Gao family can only stand with Li Haitang, after all, they are from the family.

Qiu Fu stood next to Li Haitang and pouted, feeling somewhat contemptuous of the group of Li family members who were beaming around the announcing officer in front of him.

Obviously, it should be their young lady standing at the front, so why are those people standing at the front?The Second Young Master's being the champion has nothing to do with this group of people.

Seeing her childish look, Li Haitang shook his head at her.

At this time, you can't make extravagances in front of outsiders and make things happen.

The good news officer also looked winking. After entering Li's house, he first read the good news, then sat down slowly, picked up his teacup, and chatted with Li's family.

In just a moment, the announcer noticed the difference in the Li family.

In an ordinary family, the man who is in charge of the house is naturally the old man with the highest seniority, but the servant of the Li family who serves tea and water, comes and goes with the eyes of a ten-year-old woman next to him.

Although I find it strange, it is a housework of other people's family, not his business.

Thinking that he still had something to say about being entrusted, he said with a smile: "At first, the champion would arrive in a few days, but because of something, the empress dowager left him in the palace."

When Li Haitang heard this, he felt something was wrong.

Even if Dongsheng becomes the number one scholar in this subject, it is normal for him to be left behind by the emperor, but what does it mean to be left behind by the empress dowager?But under the watchful eyes of everyone, she didn't want to ask too many questions, so she had to find an opportunity for a while to see if she could speak a word or two with the announcer in private, and see if she could find out something.

Accompanied by the announcer Li Dehai and others, they had lunch, while the female relatives were resting in the inner room. Thinking of Dongsheng being left in the palace, Li Haitang's expression turned ugly.

Although Dongsheng won the first prize, she was still a child in her eyes, and she had never heard of a new class of top prizes being retained by the queen mother, which sounded a bit unbelievable.

The man over there talked loudly, but here Li Haitang felt like he was sitting on pins and needles. If it hadn't been for Dongmei's soft comforting voice, Li Haitang might not be able to resist rushing to the next door to ask the announcer.

In the end, it was Leng Feng who saw Li Haitang's nervous expression and asked someone to go to the capital to ask what was going on, so Li Haitang was relieved.

Thinking that the good news official was just a small official in Yancheng, and he probably didn't know the inside story, so he gave up the idea of ​​asking him for something.

After eating and drinking, the announcing officer left contentedly with the heavy seal red that Qiu Ge handed over.

Originally, if Li Dongsheng came back, he would have to offer sacrifices to his ancestors, but now that the master cannot come back, this step is naturally omitted.

Before, she thought that if there were squires and magistrates coming, she would stay to receive them, but now, she was thinking about Dongsheng, and was anxious to go back to Tongcheng, and even thought about going to the capital in person.

Li Haitang here was anxious, but Gu Yongjia also got the news, thinking that Haitang must be very anxious, and just wanted to fly to her immediately to be by her side.

But things in Yancheng have reached the most critical time.

Yancheng's current parental officer is newly promoted, and he was transferred from another place. Although he doesn't know anything about the past and can't do anything about him, but fortunately, he won't make trouble and is sincerely cooperative. Gu Yongjia's investigation.

However, since those people are going to do this, the natural evidence has almost been destroyed.

Li Xianzhuo, the magistrate of Yancheng, was promoted not long ago because of his meritorious service in this disaster relief. Now he has gone to the capital to report on his duties, and will soon be transferred to the official department among the six departments.

Everyone knows that there is a gap from local officials to Beijing officials, and some people can't cross it in their entire lives, not to mention that it is also a hurdle from the fourth rank to the third rank.

This flood was very bizarre, there had never been a heavy rain, how could it be so urgent, there was no time to notify the downstream, and the floodgate was opened, so Gu Yongjia had to investigate this Li Xianzhuo carefully.

According to Li Xianzhuo's statement to the court, the interior of Yancheng was surrounded by floods at that time. If the gates were not opened, tens of thousands of people in Yancheng would be lost. In order to protect the public, the flood gates had to be opened. They also passed through relatively remote small villages, which were not seriously affected by the disaster.

(End of this chapter)