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Chang Ming: Do you know that I am so witty, my dear?

Yijing: I know you're being naughty again!

Gan Biao got up early to pack up and was about to go out to court, but he didn't expect the servant at home to report in panic, saying that Gan Yi had arrived.

"Your Excellency, the Prime Minister, does not go to the court to leave, but to come to the humble house, do you want to teach the subordinate officials?" Gan Biao shook up the hem of his clothes, and sat down on the main seat without hesitation.

Gan Yi didn't care about it, picked up the teacup leisurely, and said with a smile: "Why should the minister be so mean? After all, you are my biological brother, and you have a deep brotherhood. Naturally, I don't want to see you embarrassed. If I were an official You, you must take a good leave this morning and rest at home."

Gan Biao frowned: "What do you mean?"

"There was a fire in Sancai Hutong last night. Several houses were burned down one after another, and no one survived." Gan Yi raised her eyes, saw Gan Biao's face getting paler, and asked softly: "What crime does Shangshu think the Holy Majesty is going to punish Luo Jianghong today?" ?”

Gan Biao's face was ashen.

Gan Yi gave him a stern look, put down the teacup, got up indifferently, and left in a flick of her sleeves.

"Stop!" Gan Biao slapped the handrail with his last strength to stand up, "What else do you know?!"

"What do you think?" Gan Yi turned to look at him, "After 20 years in the officialdom, you are still so stupid. When you killed your elder brother with the knife, did you ever think that without me, you would have been waited on by Gu Xiaowu for a long time?" People get kicked out!"

"you……"

"It's too late," Gan Yi raised her head slightly, and stared arrogantly, "You pretend to be smart, and you have repeatedly threatened. Who would have thought that if Gu Xiaowu didn't have such courage, how would Su Shengyi entrust her great cause?"

After saying that, he left without looking at Gan Biao's dull face.

The house was silent for a long time, and the servant waiting outside finally asked anxiously: "Master, the court..."

"roll!"

Gan Biao scolded angrily, frightening the servant to roll and crawl away.

It wasn't until the emperor retired that Gu Xiaowu went to Gan Biao's mansion.It is clearly when the morning sun is rising, but the room is dark, but the light and shadow are accidentally stolen, and at first glance the morning sun can also be seen as the setting sun.

Gan Biao sat on the chair dejectedly, and no one knew how long he had been in this posture, and no one cared whether his hands and feet were numb in this silence.

He just said when Gu Xiaowu stepped into the room: "You are here."

"The next official heard about the incident this morning, so he came to visit Lord Shangshu."

Gan Biao did not answer.

"Something is wrong. I'm afraid Luo Jianghong's incident has been exposed. Don't worry, my lord. Your Majesty has no intention of blaming her."

"Stop pretending here!" Gan Biao finally roared with red eyes: "Luo Jianghong's charges have not yet been determined, but a servant sent news from the palace saying that you interceded for this official, and that made me The official survived! You clearly got the news early, but you did it on purpose, and then you pretended to be a good person! Why are you working so hard for this official? Since the rumor incident, you have been obstructing it, pretending to be innocent in front of this official!"

"Gan Shangshu!" Gu Xiaowu yelled loudly, Gan Biao was trembling with anger, and he didn't dare to say anything more, "There is no evidence for this matter, so don't talk nonsense!"

"Hahahahaha..." Gan Biao laughed with tears in his eyes. Although he was well-dressed, he looked embarrassed, "Where would you leave half of the evidence for me to track down... Even if I have the evidence, I will let you see me before I can see the Holy Majesty." You abandoned your corpse in the wilderness!"

"My lord knows best." Gu Xiaowu said coldly: "Don't forget who made you live till today!"

"You don't kill me, what is your intention!"

Gu Xiaowu didn't answer this question, but changed her tone in a more relaxed tone and said comfortingly: "Even if your lord has lost a few confidantes, but you have powerful ministers like clouds, counselors like rain, and good management, you are still Minister of the household department."

"This is really ironic... Even if someone survives a catastrophe, he has already become your family dog! Outsiders think that I don't feel the same, but you and I know well that if Luo Jianghong dies like this, I will become an official." Candle in the wind, lonely family!"

Gu Xiaowu didn't show any sympathy, and was about to go out and leave.

"Gu Xiaowu, you really have a heart of stone... For the sake of power and wealth, even your own daughter was buried..." While speaking, Gan Biao didn't know when to cry. No matter what the reason was, it must not be for Gu Xiaowu. Xiao Wu and Gu Yuer.

"You misunderstood yourself, and you misunderstood me."

"Then why don't you deal with me!"

"You can go if you want, I will wait for you to die in your old age!"

When Yijing heard that the commander of the Seventh Battalion asked for an interview, he allowed him to enter the Xuanwu Pavilion without raising his head. Just as Changming was hesitating, Yijing said first: "If it's about the youngest son of Luojiang Hong, then you don't need to talk about it. Already know."

"Ah?" Chang Ming was very surprised, "How could you?"

"Do you think that if you let Chu Guangliang handle this matter, I don't know anything about it?" Yijing put away the Chinese book in his hand, and threw it on the table at will, "If you don't know what you battalion commanders are thinking, I don't know. Officials don’t want to sit in the Xuanwu Pavilion anymore. One or two of them have this kind of virtue, so there is no difference in major matters, and if the child is innocent, this official will turn a blind eye.”

Chang Ming looked at him in surprise in the hall: "The other battalion commanders also did this?"

"And it's not the first time." Yijing replied with a numb face, and then said with emotion: "Actually, there is nothing wrong with it. These children are still in their infancy. If anyone were to kill them, they would definitely be unbearable. Ugly As I said before, any babbling son should not be let go, and don't take chances, if you don't ask or investigate, if you dare to take other things, I will kill you!"

"Yes, I dare not!" Chang Ming saluted quickly.

Yijing said noncommittally, then suddenly remembered something, and said: "For the time being, let's talk about some private matters with you."

"Private business?"

"The eldest niece is due here today, do you have time tonight? How about I cook some meals and get together with her?"

"Is it Yuanxi? I ​​have seen her just now, but she said that you are busy, so don't bother me for now, go back to the house and take a rest."

"Have you seen her?" Yijing excitedly took his seat and came to Changming's side: "How is it? Don't you look like Brother Chengjing?"

"Yes, yes, you can tell it's your eldest niece at a glance." Chang Ming replied with a teasing smile, "I'm going to keep an eye on those people today and try to go back as soon as possible. But can I count my senior brother?"

"Your senior brother?" Yijing asked puzzled, "Why have you never mentioned it, and never met him at the wedding banquet?"

For Chang Ming, this is not worth making a fuss about. After all, Nangong Yuqi knows Yijing, but Yijing may not know him.

"Senior brother has no fixed place to live and travels around all the year round. Even if Xing Sheng and I want to send wedding invitations, we don't know where to send them. We have to wait for him to think of us coming to visit one or two days."

Yijing patted Chang Ming's head, dumbfounded, and said, "Okay, I'll prepare some more meals tonight. Since I'm a senior, I should treat him well."

Chang Ming raised his smiling face in satisfaction, suddenly lowered his head and noticed something, and stretched out his hand to pull Yijing's girdle.

Yijing was about to reach out to stop him, but he was reluctant to push him away, so he whispered: "It's not good to be like this in broad daylight, why don't we go back to the house?"

"What are you thinking about!" Chang Ming raised his foot and kicked him so that he grinned, "I found that the girdle that I had lost for several days was on you!"

Yijing looked down and found nothing abnormal, so he could only ask him: "How do you judge?"

"Didn't you notice that the inside of this girdle was randomly embroidered with needlework?"

"It's embroidered with thread..." Yijing looked left and right, deeply moved, "You picked up a dog on the side of the road and came back to chew on it, and that's it."

After speaking, he was kicked by Chang Ming again.

"Army's clothes are messy, and some silk thread embroidery is common, but you should embroider your own name anyway!"

Chang Ming replied grandly: "I can be content with two stitches!"

Yijing stopped talking.

"Commander, the commander of the Sixth Battalion sent documents." The voice of the sergeant outside the door reached the ears of the two of them sooner or later.

"come in."

After taking the document, he glanced at it sloppily, his face turned cold, and he threw it aside angrily.

"Commander!" Chang Ming quickly picked up the document, "Calm down, Commander, what is there to be angry about?"

"Open the document and read it yourself."

Hearing this, Chang Ming looked at it with uneasiness.This is just an ordinary document. The commander of the Sixth Battalion thinks about it and then appoints a battalion deputy. Now it is justifiable to report in the letter.

But the battalion deputy he likes is not Nanrong Xingsheng, but Liu Yedong.

"What is Nanrong Xingsheng doing! Recently, he seems to be absent-minded and out of the world. Is it true that he really wants to give up the position of battalion deputy?"

Chang Ming sighed and said: "Whether it is Nanrong Xingsheng or Liu Yedong, in terms of seniority, they are still young, and if they are appointed as the battalion deputy, I am afraid that others will resign... The commander of the army does not avoid seniority, but the battalion deputy is a The Battalion Commander set it up, let alone the Lan Battalion Commander..."

Yi Jing nodded: "That's true. I can find thousands of reasons to reject Lan Mo's request, but this also means that Xing Sheng must wait a few years in order not to fall into the trap of favoritism—he shouldn't Wait a few more years."

Chang Ming tapped the palm of his hand with the document, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he smiled complacently: "The lower official has another method, which can be used as a strategy to delay the army, but if you have no intention of doing it, what's the use of delaying?"

"Intentionally or unintentionally, let's talk about it again, but what can you do?"

"The army commander's documents are like a mountain, and there are always some unnecessary ones. Let's sort them out first."

Yijing stretched out his hand and pointed to the right side of his desk: "Those documents are useless, you can take them if you want to deal with them."

Chang Ming readily agreed, put the document on the table, took the censer, lifted the tile cover, and poured down all the burning spices in it, until the document turned from scorched black to flames, and then pretended to panic Shouted to the outside: "Come on! Put out the fire!"

The sergeant waiting outside the door heard the [-]th Battalion Commander yelling, and rushed in. He saw the [-]th Battalion Commander guarding the Army Commander behind him, and casually swept the fire documents to the ground.A group of sergeants did not dare to be negligent, fearing that Xuanwu Pavilion would be burned down, they rushed forward to put out the fire in a hurry.

Yijing was distressed and said to the sergeant: "A lot of documents were sent up today, but I don't know which ones were burned. You go to each battalion to inform the battalion commander. If the documents are unfortunately burned, send another copy to Xuanwu Pavilion. "

Several sergeants looked at each other in blank dismay, but bowed their heads and retreated.