After rebirth, I became a national teacher

After hearing this, Old Madam Li no longer dared to speak, and didn't even dare to mention the matter of Censor Yuan.

He was only thinking about how to calm his father's anger, and secretly prayed that Cihang Temple would have only a backer like Censor Yuan.

However, God did not hear her prayers after all.

"Madam, Li Da and Jiang Ma are outside asking for a meeting!"

Madam Li's heart suddenly rose to her throat. She almost wanted to drive the two away immediately so that she could pretend that nothing had happened.

However, Minister Li would never give her this opportunity.

"Tell them to come in."

The two of them soon appeared in the main hall.

Minister Li was somewhat surprised by the bruised face of Li Da, but he did not have time to care about such trivial matters, so he asked directly:

"Where are the people from Cihang Temple?"

Li Da thought that Minister Li was blaming him for not doing his job well, so he said quickly:

"Please forgive me, old master! The people in Cihang Temple are too evil. We couldn't defeat them and couldn't even get into the temple. And... and..."

Minister Li was just surprised that the female Taoist priests of Cihang Temple had such amazing fighting power, when he heard Li Da continue:

"Besides, the Cihang Temple is backed by two ladies, the wife of Censor Yuan and the wife of Duke Dingguo. We dare not act recklessly..."

"what!"

Minister Li stood up in shock and said, "Tell me the details of what happened at that time!"

After listening to the two people's reconstruction of the situation, Minister Li frowned.

The behavior of the two ladies is really not like the maintenance of temples and Taoist temples by ordinary pilgrims.

In that situation at that time, facing so many tough thugs, the two men did not send their servants to identify themselves and stop them, but stepped forward personally, which shows that it was unusual.

In addition, the son of a general of Yangzhou actually stayed in this Taoist temple for a long time to pray for blessings.

The water in Cihang Temple is truly unfathomable.

He had this feeling when he learned that the Jingnan Marquis Mansion was punished. Fearing that it might offend others, he did not send anyone to investigate for the time being.

Now, this feeling is even clearer.

Fortunately, however, the matter is not irreversible.

Thinking of this, a hint of cruelty flashed in Minister Li's sharp eyes.

He looked down at the two servants kneeling on the ground and shouted harshly:

"Well, you two wicked slaves, how dare you use the name of my Shangshu Mansion to oppress the people, I will not tolerate you!"

Madam Jiang and Li Da, who were kneeling on the ground, were startled, and then they heard the master of the Shangshu Mansion give the order without hesitation:

"Come here, beat these two bullying slaves to death with sticks! This will restore the good reputation of our Shangshu Mansion!"

Nanny Jiang was so frightened that she collapsed to the ground.

Li Da quickly argued:

"Old Master, please spare us, we are all following the orders of the old lady..."

Minister Li did not give him a chance to speak, and said loudly:

"What are you still standing there for? Tie him up, gag him, and drag him away!"

Several strong servants immediately rushed in to carry out the order.

The two were quickly bound and gagged, then dragged outside the main courtyard for execution.

Mrs. Li finally came to her senses from the shocking incident and tried to plead for mercy:

"Old man, they really followed my orders to go to Cihang Temple and kidnap someone!"

"madness!"

Minister Li scolded.

After all, she was his first wife, she had given birth to several sons for him, and her family background was not bad either. He suppressed his anger and broke it down to her:

"According to your opinion, I shouldn't beat them to death. Should I beat you to death so that you can make amends to Cihang Temple?"

Madam Li was immediately frightened and quickly explained:

"Master, that's not what I meant. I meant that there's no need to beat them to death if you want to make amends. They are both well-known managers in the Shangshu Mansion..."

Minister Li sneered:

"So what? Should we tie someone up and ask Cihang Temple to deal with him? Is that what you call sincere apology?"

"Who among those who came to give me gifts would be so stupid as to ask me what I want? Wouldn't they secretly inquire and guess, and then directly deliver the things to my house?"