Seeing everyone going out, Luo Hua breathed a sigh of relief.Not caring about the things on the table, he grabbed Li Shi's lapel and speculatively said: "Say, what's going on? What the hell is the general? What the hell is the gentleman?"

Li Shi laughed with a guilty conscience: "Daughter-in-law..."

"Don't call me!" Luo Hua slapped the table loudly, "Be lenient when you confess, and strict when you resist!"

"Hey, it's the general, you are my Lord Qi, of course they call you Lord Lang..." Li Shi talked about him from left to right.

Luo Hua grabbed his ear and yelled at him: "Don't be sloppy! What kind of general? Is there such a poor general as you?"

Li Shi: ...Daughter-in-law!You are not focusing on this right? !

"That's all you want to ask?" Li Shi rubbed his ears and asked speechlessly.I really convinced my daughter-in-law Qingqi's thinking direction.

"This is very important!!" Luo Hua was almost pissed off by him, "Which general doesn't have a big house and a deep courtyard, and a lot of money. Look at you guys, the total sum is more than 800 taels of silver, not as good as the two outside. The horses in the carriage are precious. Don’t you pretend to be a general and deceive yourself, don’t you?”

Li Shi: ...

"Is it a serious crime to pretend to be an official of the imperial court? Last time I wanted to find some legal documents, but I haven't found them until now, and I don't know what you are doing now." Luo Hua felt that his idea was very reliable. , Biting his nails, he began to worry, "The injuries on your bodies, don't they come from robbing houses? What are you doing for this? Does anyone else know? I said you, what are you doing for fun? ? If something goes wrong..."

Seeing that Luo Hua had started to think wildly, Li Shi felt a strong sense of powerlessness.

Pushing Luo Hua into his arms, Li Shi pinched his face: "Don't make trouble. I am the second-rank general Xuanwu personally appointed by the Emperor of the Eight Classics. I am not a bandit, and I have never robbed houses."

"Really?" Luo Hua expressed deep doubts.

Li Shi lowered his head and bit his nose, and was slapped away unceremoniously.He sighed, sat Luo Hua down on his lap, then stretched out his hand to pull the wooden box on the table, motioning for him to open it.

Luo Hua struggled slightly, but the hands around his waist were too firm.Glancing outside... Well, anyway, there is no one at the moment, so let's do what we can.Thinking of this, he sat on Li Shi's lap with peace of mind.

The mahogany box is only slightly larger than the palm of an adult, and the carvings of magpies and plum blossoms on it are complicated and gorgeous, which does not look cheap.Luo Hua picked up the box and admired it up and down, then held the box and shook it by his ear.It was light and fluffy inside, and there was a piece of something rattling back and forth in it.

After admiring the box, Luo Hua picked up the small brass key next to it, got into the small brass lock and turned it lightly.

There was a soft click.Luo Hua took off the copper lock and lifted the lid to reveal the contents inside.

On the top is a silver crouching tiger rectangular seal, only half the size of a fist, with a few words written on one side of the seal in seal script with tapered ends and a fat middle.Although small in size, the lifelike crouching tiger is extraordinarily domineering.

"This is...?" Luo Hua carefully picked up the seal, carefully looked at the seal script on it, and tried to identify the meaning - unfortunately, he didn't know a single word.

Li Shi nodded: "This is the seal of the general."

So this identity is correct?Luo Hua heaved a sigh of relief: "It seems that there is no need to worry about living in fear."

Even if he is a bandit, do you plan to follow him?Li Shi's heart softened, he just ruffled his hair, and said angrily, "Thinking wildly!"

Luo Hua rolled his eyes at him: "Who knew that generals are so poor these days..." No, did he really find himself a general man? !He froze.This, why is it like watching TV...

Li Shi didn't pay attention to what he was thinking about, only a little regretful: "If it was a year in the morning, maybe I could show you the appearance of the soldier talisman."

"... Can the soldier talisman be shown to others casually?"

Li Shi chuckled, and his warm breath hit his ear directly: "You are not someone else, you are my wife."

Luo Hua's ears were a little hot.He snorted softly: "It's good if you don't see it. The general hangs the seal and returns to the court, which indicates that the war will stop and the world will be peaceful. See that soldier talisman." The stones in his house should never touch the soldier talisman again.

Li Shi knew what he was worried about, but the world is impermanent, who knows what will happen in the future.Unable to give him a word of assurance, Li Shi raised his chin, thinking——

Snapped!

Luo Hua slapped him on the forehead and pushed him away: "What do you want to do? You haven't explained the matter clearly yet!" Then he didn't care about Li Shi's reaction, and just lowered his head and continued to look at other things.

The daughter-in-law is really... a big spoiler!Li Shi had no choice but to continue to circle him and watch him count the money.

That's right, count the money.

In addition to the seal, there is also a small stack of bank notes neatly stacked inside, the first one is 50 taels.Luo Hua's eyes lit up, and he turned up the bottom few sheets to look at them. They were all in denominations of 100 taels.Including the top 50 taels, these are all real bank notes issued by Hongshun Bank with guaranteed reputation.

There were only a few in total, and he counted them over and over several times.

Ah ah ah ah ah!

Luo Hua was extremely excited.Adding the money he paid for selling wine prescriptions, their family has a total of 850 taels! !

This is going to be posted! ! !

You know, 100 taels of silver bills is equivalent to the purchasing power of 100 million in modern society!

Although the property is a bit shabby for a general.But as an ordinary citizen, this is the first time he has touched so much money!

In addition, he didn't expect Li Shitou, a loser, to be rich!

Now it's a surprise! !

Luo Hua touched, counted, and counted the bank notes, carefully folded them up, put the seal back, closed the box, and locked it.

He breathed a sigh of relief when it was over.

Li Shi chuckled: "Now that you have money, you don't have to worry about it all day long, do you?"

Luo Hua gave him a blank look, suddenly thought of something, moved on his lap, and turned directly to face him.

"Are you a second-rank officer?"

Li Shi nodded.

"What is the salary?"

Li Shi thought about it: "The monthly salary is 61 shi."

Luo Hua calculated in his heart, and then looked at him suspiciously: "How long have you been a general and how many years have you been paid?"

Li Shi thought for a while: "I have been receiving the imperial salary for seven years. At the beginning, I was a small soldier, and then I was promoted year by year. Last September, when the war ended, I returned to Beijing to hand in the military talisman, and was moved to the second rank of Xuanwei General."

Luo Hua squinted his eyes immediately: "You have been fighting for several years. With your strength, you must have been the leader long ago, right? Why is your net worth only 850 taels now? What about other money? Could it be that you have spent all of it?" Grabbing Li Shi's lapel, "Tell me, did you spend your days drinking and having fun?" This guy doesn't look like Chu Ge in his usual hands and feet!

Li Shi: ...

He immediately said righteously: "Military discipline is strict and wars are frequent, how can I have such leisure time." Even if I have, I can't say it!Who is still young and ignorant?Besides, it was my daughter-in-law who said that he is already in his twenties, so it is impossible for him to be... Cough, he can't say it.

He paused, turned the topic back, and said in a serious tone: "The war is over, and the soldiers were sent back to their hometowns. The new dynasty was established at the beginning, and everything was waiting to be done. They settle down. Follow my brothers who have been through life and death, so that people can’t even go home. I will not stop doing anything, and sell most of the field equipment in the family, and exchange them for money and distribute them to them.” He laughed at himself, “It’s a pity that it’s a drop in the bucket. Fortunately, the soldier talisman was handed over in advance, and the soldiers just returned home, but no one dared to refer to me and say that I bought the army's morale. Then A Zheng and several generals also did the same, and several princes and senior officials in the court also contributed. Only then did most of the soldiers have money to return home, and the rest of the imperial court could cope with it."

Normally courageous and ruthless, at this moment there is actually a bit of frustration. "After all, I'm still useless, if..." He did better and ended the war as soon as possible...

Luo Hua felt sympathetic to the soldiers who defended the country and protected the people from the wind and rain, but in the end they didn't even get the travel expenses to go home.But what's more, is the distress for the self-blaming general in front of him.

He put his arm around Li Shi's neck, and pressed him on his shoulder: "Don't think too much, you've done a good job."

To be honest, my daughter-in-law really understands.He was not wrong about him.

If the husband is like this, what more can the husband ask for.

Li Shi used his hands hard, gave him a firm hug, and let him go when it was over.When he raised his head again, his face had returned to normal.His tone was relaxed: "Daughter-in-law, I have finished explaining the whereabouts of my family wealth. Is there anything else you want to ask?"

Luo Hua: ...

But don't tell me, he still has something to ask.

"Is your general powerful? Do you not pay attention to others except the royal relatives and first-rank officials?"

Li Shi scratched his head: "Well, I have no military power after I hang the seal. General Xuanwei sounds loud, but in fact it is just a false title. He only has a name and salary, and he doesn't even need to participate in the Great Dynasty. That's why I can send my father off thousands of miles away. Mother's ashes come back for burial."

Luo Hua was a little disappointed: "A false title...how is that compared to magistrates? Can you manage magistrates?"

"Of course not. The county magistrate has its own state capital to govern, and I can't overstep my authority to intervene. Why do you ask this?"

Luo Hua was speechless: "Did you forget? I offended Zou Rongxiang, isn't his brother-in-law the county magistrate? You have no real power, so how can I go to him and teach him by the way?"

"...Daughter-in-law, the county magistrate is only a seventh-rank official." Li Shi reminded.

"Of course I know, but don't you have no authority to control him?" Luo Hua was weak.

"...I am the second grade! I have the exclusive right to play directly to the heavens! No matter how bad I am, I still know a lot of court officials. Just standing up is enough to scare them to death. There is no need to manage them Authority?" Li Shi really convinced him, how could he be so smart sometimes?

Luo Hua suddenly realized.yes!How could he fulfill his duties as a member of several departments in the Research Institute!

"That's good! I can also go to the county to do business later, and I won't be afraid of Zou Rongxiang's revenge." Luo Hua heaved a sigh of relief——

wrong!

"Isn't your status as a general good? Why did you hide it when you returned to the village? If you showed your status, why would Old Village Chief Li make things difficult for you?"

Li Shixin was startled, thinking that he had discovered something, and quickly pretended to be stupid: "Isn't that trying to keep a low profile." He lowered his head and kissed him on the mouth, "If you don't hide it, my husband will have to run away Already? I was prescient."

Luo Hua rolled his eyes, and couldn't help cursing: "Low-key fart, you knelt down to the county magistrate on the day you went to form the deed, if you reveal your identity..." He squinted, "Such a grievance, isn't it? Are there other things you are hiding from me? Or have you done something shameful?"

"Absolutely not!" Li Shi raised his hand and swore, "I, Li Shi, have always been aboveboard, so how could there be anything shameful about it." Yes, it's someone else's problem.It has absolutely nothing to do with him.

"Then when I asked you what your identity was, why did you hesitate?"

Li Shi was embarrassed: "Ahem, this..."

"Say!"

"...that, that," Li Shi was stared at by Luo Hua's black eyes, and he said it immediately, "let you live in a shabby house, and you will get sick in the rain; the house will cost a lot of money. Part of it was earned by you; you also took care of the inside and outside of the house... Ahem, my general has lost face..."

Luo Hua: ...So, after all, it's just male chauvinism?

"Uncle Zhang, you dare to say it when they come here?"

"Ahem, isn't that right, at least I have some money, no matter how bad it is, there are a few strong men to help with the work..."

Luo Hua stared at him deadly.

Guilty Li Shi held him down and chirped twice: "Okay, let's consider this matter over?"

Luo Hua snorted heavily: "Good idea! I didn't say forgive you." Pushing him away and standing up, he pinched his thigh severely, then picked up the box of account books on the table, and looked arrogantly at him. Shaking his head, he turned and entered the East Chamber.

Li Shi: ...Daughter-in-law, are you flirting?

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