Rebirth of the first courtier

Because of Hu Li's playfulness, the investigation of the corruption case was unexpectedly easily completed, so after dinner the next morning, Xiao Qi'ao took Hu Li to meet Master Li who had already lived in the prefect's mansion.

Master Li looked at the students who were getting more and more stable and Hu Li who was jumping in and sighed inwardly. Why did he come so soon? He hasn't stayed here enough. The imperial city is not as comfortable as Jiangnan.

"How's it going?" Master Li said that although he was a little disappointed that he would go back soon, he was still looking forward to the performance of his students in this corruption case.

"I've already talked to Mr. Wang Lu, and I believe Mr. Wang knows how to do it." Xiao Qi'ao didn't mention Hu Li, after all, Hu Li doesn't enter the officialdom, he's just a little fox, so don't let him get involved in these messy things. matter.

"Just talked about it?" Master Li frowned, although this matter seems to him quite simple, as long as he finds evidence of contacts between the prefect of Jiangnan Prefecture and King Beixian, he can push the matter aside. Push it all to King Beixian, presumably this is what His Majesty would like to see today.

However, since this corruption case was avoided by people in the court one after another, it had its own difficulties.Wang Lu has been entrenched in the Jiangnan mansion for so many years, if he came to investigate the case rashly, it would definitely cause his backlash, and he couldn't tell what would happen.Moreover, everyone understands the reason why a strong dragon does not suppress a local snake. If Wang Lu is transferred to the imperial city to investigate the case, all the adults must rush to come.

Master Li certainly didn't know how coincidental this incident was.First, Wang Lu received a letter from King Beixian, and he already guessed that King Beixian planned to sacrifice him; second, Hu Li pretended to be a ghost to scare Wang Lu, and chose Xiao Ran as a key person, although Xiao Qiao didn't pay attention to it. Check the relationship between Xiaoran and Wang Lu, but from his reaction, it can be seen that Wang Lu is really guilty of his brother-in-law.

Of course, the most important thing is Xiao Qi'ao's prophet. He already knew what to look for this time, roughly where, and also knew something about Wang Lu's wife and brother-in-law, so that he could hit the right blow.

Thinking of the secret relationship between Wang Lu's wife and the soft concubine in the harem, and thinking about the fact that in the previous life, after Mrs. Wang survived by chance, it really took a lot of effort to announce the corruption case of Wang Lu to the world.

"Yes, teacher." Although Xiao Qi'ao thought a lot, but only for a moment, he nodded and said, "Master Wang is a smart person, and the students have evidence of his rebellion, so he will definitely follow us. Let’s go back to the imperial city together.”

"You still want to get him out of this matter?" Mr. Li is so clever, he understood Xiao Qi'ao's meaning after only a little thought.

"Exactly, sometimes death is not a painful thing." Xiao Qi'ao smiled and nodded, but the words in his mouth were not gentle, "Let him continue to live, sometimes he may have other uses."

Master Li frowned, but he did not refute Xiao Qi'ao. He knew that his students had their own way of doing things, "Since you are successful, I won't say much. The scenery in Jiangnan Mansion is just right, so you might as well stay longer." Go back in two days."

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Xiao Qi'ao didn't have any special thoughts about staying, but Hu Li was different.He spent the first 300 years on the mountain in the extreme north, and even if he went down the mountain, he was only in a small mountain village not far from the mountain, so Jiangnan mansion was the second place he visited besides the mountain in the extreme north. The place is the imperial city.

Hu Li ran around frantically, Xiao Qi'ao accompanied him with a good temper and let him play around.Sitting in the teahouse, Mr. Li watched his stable students follow Hu Li like a follower from a distance, and sighed that one thing is one thing!

Although they wanted to stay for a few more days, Xiao Qi'ao and Mr. Li were on business after all. Two days later, they and Wang Lu's family, who seemed to have migrated with their entire family, embarked on the road back to the imperial city.

When going back, Hu Li was seasick as usual, but it didn't last too long, and he was alive and kicking again after a day.

Wang Lu's wife is a gentle and kind person, and her child is about the same age as Hu Li, but because she has been studying in the imperial city, she likes Hu Li very much.Knowing that Hu Li loves to eat chicken, she even ordered the mother around her to make him a snack called *roumomo, which made Hu Li smile when he ate it.

Because of Mrs. Wang, Hu Li even went to intercede with Xiao Qi'ao, hoping to make Mrs. Wang's life better in the future.This made Xiao Qi'ao, who had no plan to do anything to Wang Lu's family, dumbfounded, rubbed his head and laughed, "But he was bought by Dim Sum, and his whole heart is devoted to eating, no wonder he is so stupid."

Chi Ji, who was swallowing a mouthful of raw meat on the table beside him, nodded in agreement, yes, the master is really stupid!

Hu Li pouted and shook his head, trying to shake Xiao Qi'ao's hand off, but his hair became even more messy.

"Brother Xiao, you said before that you don't intend to let Mr. Wang die. If this is the case, let's make them live a little better...it's okay..." The previous words were plausible, but when it came to the end, Hu Li Some hesitated, did he really make an excessive request?

"Well... since you want to intercede for them, it's not impossible." Xiao Qi'ao's eyes darkened slightly, looking at Hu Li's eyes that instantly brightened, pretending to be embarrassed, "Xiao Li, you know that if you want to get You have to pay for something of equal value for one thing, just like you need to pay money when you go to Tianxianglou to eat lotus leaf chicken."

Hu Li tilted his head, not knowing what Xiao Qiao meant, "Brother Xiao, what will Mrs. Wang need to pay in exchange for a better life in the future?"

Xiao Qi'ao shook his head, squeezed Hu Li's fleshy hand, "It's not what Mrs. Wang needs to pay, but what you need to pay."

Hu Li's eyes widened instantly, and he looked at Xiao Qi'ao suspiciously, "But, it's not that I want to live a better life in the future, but Madam Wang and the others!"

Xiao Qiao nodded casually, "It is indeed them, but they never came to make this request, but you made it, so naturally you need to pay the price. It's like the lotus leaf chicken I bought, it was all you I ate the same."

Hu Li thought for a while, it seemed so.Mrs. Wang and Mr. Wang did not ask Brother Xiao what will happen in the future, but he came to ask, and it seemed right for him to pay something.

Looking at Hu Li who was being entangled in, Xiao Qi'ao rolled his eyes, and continued to fool him slowly, "However, Xiao Li is so close to me, so it's not easy for me to make too harsh demands." Xiao Qi'ao lowered his eyes in thought After a while, "Well, I remember that Xiaoli is still my book boy, so go read to me every night."

Speaking of this, Hu Li's ears turned red instantly.He almost forgot that he was still Brother Xiao's bookboy, thinking about how many things Shuzhu had to do on weekdays, and what he did, Hu Li's face turned red.As a bookboy, he was all about eating, drinking, and having fun, and there were still many things that cost Brother Xiao’s money. He squeezed his small Qiankun bag, thinking of the unused money that his grandfather left him, Hu Li’s face was full of embarrassment. It's going to smoke!

Looking at Hu Li who was about to bury his head in embarrassment, Xiao Qi'ao pinched his nose while smiling, and said with a light smile, "You still know how to be shy?"

Hu Li raised his head from embarrassment into anger, but when he saw Xiao Qi'ao's smiling face, the anger he had just built up immediately collapsed, "That...well, I'll read to Brother Xiao every day."

Thinking of books, Hu Li could already think of the next days that would be painful.Xiao Qi'ao patted Hu Li's forehead with a low smile, and cursed softly, "Idiot."

After returning to the imperial city, Xiao Qi'ao arranged for his followers to send Hu Li back to Xiao's mansion, and arranged for someone to take Mrs. Wang and others to Mr. Wang's house in the capital.And he and Mr. Li led Mr. Wang into the palace quietly.

Now Emperor Huiming couldn't see any signs of aging after a few years and the weakness caused by illness. Looking at Xiao Qi'ao and others who had returned, they didn't speak, and the whole hall was silent.

Xiao Qi'ao lowered his head and looked at the clean ground, a little distracted, wondering if Xiao Li, who was a little sleepy when he went back, fell asleep?

"Wang Lu, are you guilty?"

The sudden sound in the hall brought Xiao Qi'ao back to his senses, and Wang Lu knelt on the ground again with a "plop", shouting: "Your Majesty, the guilty minister is guilty! But the guilty minister has something to report, which is related to the country. Be safe!"

Emperor Huiming narrowed his eyes, "What's the matter?"

Wang Lu rolled his eyes, went through Xiao Qi'ao's words in his mind, and said loudly: "The guilty minister has been secretly lurking beside King Beixian all these years. But because of this, the guilty minister clearly knew that King Beixian had been preparing to rebel these years. The guilty minister wanted to inform His Majesty of this matter early, but the Northern Xianwang controlled the criminal's wife and children until Li The arrival of your lord and Xiao Yuanwailang relieved the embarrassment of the guilty minister, and gave the guilty minister the opportunity to fully inform His Majesty of the matter."

Emperor Huiming didn't believe a single word of this set of rhetoric, but King Beixian seemed to have a thorn stuck in his throat, making it difficult for him to swallow all the time.In comparison, people like Wang Lu did not make Emperor Huiming feel so uncomfortable. This kind of people may not be a good knife if it is used well.

"Prince Beixian?!" Emperor Huiming raised his eyebrows, his tone difficult to distinguish, "Do you know that slandering the prince is a serious crime, enough to implicate the nine clans!"

Emperor Huiming's stern voice at the end made Wang Lu's heart tremble. Could it be that Xiao Qi'ao's guess was wrong, His Majesty didn't want to tear himself apart with King Beixian at all?But the words have been spoken, even if you want to take them back, you can't take them back.

"Your Majesty, everything the criminal minister said is true." Wang Lu did not dare to raise his head, but lowered his head and pointed in Xiao Qi'ao's direction, "Xiao Yuanwailang has the evidence that the criminal minister has handed over, and it is the Northern Xianwang Some of the things that the criminal ministers have been forced to do by using their positions over the years have the shadow of this corruption case."

Xiao Qi'ao glanced at Wang Lu's direction, not timid.But facing Emperor Huiming above, Xiao Qiao bowed slightly, took out an account book and a few letters from his cuff, and handed them to Eunuch Fuming, the general manager beside Emperor Huiming.

"I do have an account book and a few correspondence letters between King Beixian and Lord Wang here. Please look it over, Your Majesty."

Eunuch Fuming smiled slightly at Xiao Qiao, took the account books and letters and handed them to Emperor Huiming.

Emperor Huiming looked at the people's fat and people's ointment that King Beixian had looted over the years recorded in the account book, and his face was slightly ugly. These things were almost comparable to the national treasury's annual income.He didn't believe that Wang Lu was the only one under King Beixian who was collecting money for him.

"Wang Lu, since you were coerced by others and you took the initiative to present the evidence, you will be spared the death penalty. From now on, you can go to the south of Sichuan to serve as the county magistrate!" Even though Emperor Huiming wished he could get rid of King Beixian right now, However, King Beixian has occupied the northwest for many years, so if he wants to beat people into the ground quickly and ruthlessly, he still needs to spend some thought.

Wang Lu breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately he made the right bet!

On the contrary, a smile flashed in Xiao Qi'ao's eyes, Shunan is very close to Xianshan Island, it is a good place!