In the summer of the tenth year of Kaiyuan, Mingjia was sorting out his arithmetic notes in the study.

Suddenly hearing Xiao Qingshan laughing outside, Mingjia was curious about what was going on. Xiao Qingshan hasn't laughed like this for a long time.

Mingjia put down his notes and walked out of the study. Mrs. Yan quickly followed the young lady's footsteps. A few days ago, Mrs. Yan officially handed over the servant who had been training for two years to Chen Xiaoliu for training.

Mrs. Yan returned to Miss Mingjia, and Mingjia, who is now 7 years old, is more calm. Perhaps due to martial arts training, Mingjia is much taller than ordinary children.

Mrs. Yan thought that after two years, there would be no room for her beside the young lady. Unexpectedly, there was no personal maid following the young lady.

The young lady still asked her to follow her, so Mrs. Yan was very grateful to the young lady for her love and trust. Mingjia just didn't like that those maids really took care of her like a little girl.

After walking out of the study, Mingjia saw two people hugging each other in the corridor. One is daddy, and the other is Chen Shaoang? Mingjia was a little unsure, because Chen Shao'ang was very different from the way she remembered him.

Back in Jincheng, she had seen Chen Shao'ang standing in the courtyard while standing on the porch of the inn. Although he looked a little downcast, his appearance was very good, as if he was only 19 years old at the time.

Now I can see that my face has gone through a lot of changes, and my skin is no longer fair and has a standard wheat color. He was once a young scholar, but now he seems to be a stable man.

Mingjia couldn't help but joke in her heart: Oh~~The innocent and scumbag little puppy is now a big wolfdog with a plan to make crazy comments?

Isn't Chen Shao'ang a county magistrate in Ningzhou? Why did he suddenly come to Chuanzhou? It’s been 3 years, is it a transfer?

Mingjia stared at the two grown men, hugged each other, laughed, and walked toward the study, arm in arm. When Xiao Qingshan saw Mingjia, he quickly called Mingjia over: "Jiajia, come here, I've met your Uncle Chen."

Mingjia stepped forward and saluted as a junior: "Hello, Uncle Chen!" Chen Shao'ang actually saw Mingjia standing in the corridor just now, and said with some emotion: "You are so old!"

Mingjia raised her head and looked at Chen Shao'ang, a little confused. It stands to reason that Chen Shao'ang had never seen her before! Chen Shaoang had no intention of explaining that he overheard Ming Jia and Cheng Si talking in the inn room that day.

Chen Shao'ang knew that this little girl sent someone to rescue him, and he also knew that her father was not in Jincheng at that time. But later, when Chen Shaoang was dating Xiao Qingshan, he really liked this honest brother.

Xiao Qingshan took Chen Shao'ang to the study to chat, and Ming Jia took Mrs. Yan back to the backyard. Mrs. Dong is now a qualified official wife and has just returned from attending a banquet at the Huang family.

Seeing Ming Jia coming over, "I just came back to change clothes, you know?" Dong quickly asked Ming Jia to sit down. When Mingjia heard this, her mother had something to tell her!

"I came back because my father was entertaining guests in the study in the front yard." Mingjia quickly explained to her mother and sat down next to Dong's seat. Somewhat curiously, he asked, "Mom, do you have anything happy to say?"

Mrs. Dong was a little excited and a little worried, and she just wanted to talk to her daughter. It turns out that today I went to attend the flower viewing banquet hosted by Mrs. Huang's family. All the families brought girls of the right age, and many of the matrons of the families were looking at each other.

Halfway through Dong's words, Mingjia became a little frightened. Her brother was already 10 years old. According to Daliang's wedding customs, it was indeed the right age to meet each other, but Mingjia didn't want her brother to make a decision so early.

Mingjia raised his head and glanced at Mrs. Shui. Mrs. Shui remembered that the lady told him two years ago that she should guard against this matter. Mrs. Shui quickly shook her head gently, indicating that the young lady was fine.

Mrs. Dong could now see the little eye contact between Ming Jia and Mrs. Shui, "Don't look at Mrs. Shui! Mrs. Zhao did bring a cousin girl from the Chuanzhou family over, but I blocked her back."

Mingjia felt relieved when she heard her mother's words. Mrs. Dong is happy that her son is remembered by others, but she is also worried that more and more people will miss him in the future.

"I directly told your brother Mingjun that he would pass the Tongsheng Examination, and we would consider marriage later." Although Dong Ming had spoken out, she was still not sure when her son would pass the Tongsheng Examination.

Mingjia felt that it was better not to continue this topic, so she quickly changed the subject: "Mother, do you still remember Chen Shao'ang who you met in Jincheng before?"

Of course Ms. Dong remembers it. Firstly, the entire Jincheng knew about Chen Shaoang's wedding. Secondly, there was a big case between Sichuan and Ningzhou last year.

When Chen Xiaoliu followed Secretary Mu to discover the mysterious village and the trained team, Xie Boyuan wrote a letter back to Beijing. The emperor attached great importance to it and sent many spies to Chuanzhou.

Because it was Chen Shaoang from Ningzhou who first discovered the clues about this matter, Ningzhou also sent many spies. It took nearly two years for the emperor to completely capture these private soldiers.

During this period, Chen Shaoang worked hard and even pretended to be in danger to cooperate with the enemy leader. In fact, these private soldiers had long since escaped the control of their original owners and even wanted to seize a remote county.

They want to directly manage a county or even several counties with human hands, and they have been laying the groundwork for many years. Some have become county captains, and some have even become county magistrates.

Through their connections, they can ensure that the county magistrate's position is never transferred, so that they can always control the county seat. Mu Shuli's plan to work in Qu County as a clerk in the county government was their plan for Qu County.

Because he has been stationed in the mountains at the junction of Chuanzhou and Ningzhou for many years. Therefore, they have slowly penetrated into several surrounding counties. In the end, it took two years to annihilate this group of people.

Xiao Qingshan was promoted from the seventh rank to the official position of the seventh rank in the spring of the eighth year of Kaiyuan. In this case of private soldiers, there was originally a reward. But Xie Boyuan suggested that the emperor should not make the reward public.

This group of people has been running rampant in Sichuan and Ningzhou for many years, and no one is sure if any fish have slipped through the net. It is too easy for the Xiao family to be resented by the remnants hiding in the dark. If someone retaliates, the Xiao family currently does not have the strength to resist.

Moreover, Chen Shao'ang's performance in this case is very eye-catching. Let Chen Shao'ang do all the limelighting!

However, Chen Shao'ang did not ask for any reward. Instead, he used this credit to ask the emperor for a chance to take the imperial examination again. Chen Shao'ang originally wanted to take the national examination and was born in the orthodox imperial examination.

At first, in order to get an official status as soon as possible so that he could go to the Zhou Mansion to propose marriage, he decided to take the Asian examination in advance to become an official. Now, Chen Shaoang wants to return to his status as a juren and participate in the examination.

After understanding Chen Shao'ang's thoughts and the whole story of what happened that year, the emperor specially approved Chen Shao'ang to continue the imperial examination. However, for the sake of fairness, Chen Shaoang needs to return to his hometown to take the provincial examination again and obtain the qualification to take the Beijing examination.

After Xie Boyuan found out, he couldn't help but say that this Chen Shao'ang is a figure and should not be underestimated in the future. Mingjun and Mingjia didn't understand, so Xie Boyuan analyzed it for them.

Chen Shao'ang recommended himself to the emperor to be an independent minister, and in his petition, he was honest about why he took the Asian examination.

This incident was originally a stain on Chen Shaoang's life, but now it has been cleared up in front of the emperor. From then on, Chen Shaoang had no stains. He can be a knife in the emperor's hand, sharp and unfettered.

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