rebirth first official

It's the New Year in a blink of an eye.

In fact, it didn't take long, but Gao Zhanming felt that he hadn't celebrated the New Year for a long time.He was still in the capital during the Chinese New Year last year, and it was also his first New Year since Gao Zhanming. It was supposed to be very lively, but because he had to prepare for the examination of the Ministry of Rites, he hardly celebrated the New Year. The countless drinks and banquets in the past have been postponed, and I am bored in the room reading.

This year, he will celebrate the New Year in Jiazhou.

Jiazhou is a small place. Naturally, it is not as bustling and lively as the capital during Chinese New Year, but each place has its own customs and customs, and being able to experience different feelings in different places is not bad for Gao Zhanming and Li Jingruo.

During the Chinese New Year, the common people are all happy, even if there is a conflict, they mostly laugh it off, and even those who have grievances in the past, these days are all forgotten, and the local officials in the government are very happy. Going home for the new year, Gao Zhanming, as the judge, has no cases to decide, not to mention Liu Rukang had promised him that he would be promoted to county magistrate after the disaster, so he was given leave early and let him rest until after the Lantern Festival. The government took office.

On the 29th day of the Lunar New Year, Gao Zhanming's house was much closer than before.All the servants in his house went home for the New Year, and more than half of them left at once.

But Li Jingruo didn't leave.He has been at Gao Zhanming's mansion for several months, so he will naturally not look for another place during the Chinese New Year.

At noon on New Year's Eve, Li Jingruo was sitting in the yard reading a book when Gao Zhanming came out of the room with a pile of ledgers and threw them on the stone table in front of him.

Li Jingruo raised his eyebrows: "This is?"

Gao Zhanming said: "Can you manage accounts?"

Li Jingruo said: "Yes."

Gao Zhanming said: "Help me settle the accounts together."

Even if there is no need to do anything in the government, the time before the Chinese New Year is also the busiest time for every household.In the past, Gao Zhanming did not accept gifts from others, but during the Chinese New Year, the etiquette between colleagues and the upper and lower government offices is indispensable. The various entries and expenditures are complicated, and the accounts must be settled quickly. People have to go back to the past.Moreover, he was about to resign and be transferred, and he had to write a summary of the lawsuits and prisons in the past few months, and he had to read the materials of the county magistrate, eight eyes were not enough.

What's more, the tents piled up in the mansion are not only owned by Gao Zhanming alone. Li Jingruo, the governor of the third rank of the royal family, lives in his mansion, and the tents are also taken from his mansion. There are also three or four other prefectures, the prefects and county magistrates of the prefectures and counties sent all the money to Gao Zhanming, as well as various miscellaneous items from Xiangcheng and Jingcheng... countless wins.

Gao Zhanming sat down beside Li Jingruo, opened the ledger and began to check and reconcile the accounts.Li Jingruo put the book in his hand aside, but he was not in a hurry to help Gao Zhanming, he rested his chin on one hand and looked at Gao Zhanming with great interest: "Madam should help take care of the affairs in the mansion, right?"

Gao Zhanming didn't raise his head: "I don't have a wife."

Li Jingruo leaned forward: "So let me take care of Madam's affairs?"

Gao Zhanming put down his pen, looked up at Li Jingruo, pointed to the things piled up into a hill, and said with a smile: "More than half of this is yours."

Li Jingruo moved into Gao Zhanming's residence, and the only person he brought with him besides Yinliang was himself.Even the servants who served him were set up by the government and Gao Zhanming for him.Although the governor is a leisurely position, the reason why he is leisurely is because he can leave the work in hand to his subordinates to do, and just eat the taxes provided by the states and counties.However, Li Dadu's servant... is none other than Gao Zhanming.

In his spare time, Gao Zhanming took care of many things for Li Jingruo. After all, he was still a little unfamiliar with official affairs. This was an experience for him, so he was happy to do it.But during the Chinese New Year, there were so many things to do and there was not enough manpower, Gao Zhanming was so busy that he was dizzy, wishing to have three heads and six arms, and seeing Li Jingruo happy and at ease, he was really angry, so he moved all his things out, so that Li Jingruo could not monopolize Xiaoyao.

Li Jingruo suddenly realized with a smile: "It turns out that Jun Liang did my wife's work for me." He cupped his hands and said, "Ma'am, it's hard work." Then he winked narrowly, "Go back to the room at night, I will treat you well for my husband's sake." .”

Gao Zhanming gritted his teeth, picked up two official documents and threw them in front of him: "You can approve your own things."

Li Jingruo smiled, took the account book from Gao Zhanming's hand, brought it in front of him, and threw his official documents to him: "You do things for me, and I will do things for you, this is a fair deal."

Gao Zhanming rolled his eyes: "It's up to you."

Li Jingruo unhurriedly flipped through the ledger: "Will I reward you that night, or will you reward me?"

Gao Zhanming wanted to exchange things with him without saying a word, Li Jingruo hurriedly leaned back to avoid his outstretched hand: "Are you kidding, why are you so excited?"

Gao Zhanming said, "Don't you never joke?"

Li Jingruo said: "Divide people."

Gao Zhanming was puzzled: "What do you mean?"

Li Jingruo pursed his lips: "I don't understand the style." He said again, "You can criticize it."

Gao Zhanming felt that he didn't have enough time. Hearing what he said, he didn't bother to talk to him, so he began to read the official documents submitted to Li Dadu by various states and counties.

Li Jingruo is a child of the royal family, but the children of the royal family are also different.Due to the Gao family's monopoly and Gao Qiang's favoritism, the late emperor's heirs withered, and Li Changzhi's half-brothers were left with two or three half-brothers, and they were all semi-exiled by the Gao family. Poor, can't make any waves.The most powerful princes in the world today are all the brothers of the late emperor, especially Prince Yong.King Yong is Chengzu—that is, the favorite son of Li Changzhi's grandfather besides the prince. He granted him the place of Xiangcheng. King Yong's favorite.Today, the Gao family and the Zhao family, the two foreign relatives, have the same prosperity for a while, but the royal family surnamed Li has declined. The only one who can barely compete with the Gao family and the Zhao family is Xiangcheng Yongwang.

Gao Zhanming took a look at the land rent and various incomes offered to Li Jingruo by several states and counties in Sichuan this year, which is equivalent to more than 1 taels of silver, but Gao Zhanming has never seen anyone come to give money or things to Li Jingruo for a long time. Can't help wondering: "Where did all your money go?"

Li Jingruo didn't raise his head: "I'll take care of my wife." He thought it was boring to look at the accounts, so he threw the accounts aside, picked up the accumulated prison cases waiting for Gao Zhanming to deal with, and began to examine and approve them.

Gao Zhanming was startled, his heart beat faster: "Ma'am? Why have I never heard of you marrying a wife?"

Only then did Li Jingruo look up at Gao Zhanming: "I just got married."

Gao Zhanming asked: "When?" Could it be that Li Jingruo used himself to dismiss those people who came to talk about marriage because of his wife? !

Li Jingruo smiled and said: "It's less than half a cup of tea, and it's doing something for me."

Gao Zhanming was stunned for a moment, resisting the urge to throw the official document in his hand on Li Jingruo's face, and thought Li Jingruo stretched out his hand with a smirk: "What about the alimony? Your income this year, shouldn't it be used to raise a concubine?" Alright."

Li Jingruo laughed out loud.What is this called, this is called self-casting!

Li Jingruo stretched out his hand, pinched his palm, scraped it lightly with his nails, and said affectionately: "Ma'am, you have just entered the house, and the matter of taking a concubine should be arranged by you for your husband, you are not competent. .”

Gao Zhanming slapped his hand away: "Don't be careless, where's the money?"

Li Jingruo laughed a lot: "Is this really taking care of the house for me?" He smiled and leaned over, "If you want money, why do you have to make money for your husband to have a child first? Do your best as the governor's wife." It's a matter of duty."

Gao Zhanming knew Li Jingruo's temperament, he had no limit to jokes, if he showed weakness, he might be dismissed by him.So he followed Li Jingruo's words seriously: "I can't give birth to a child by myself."

Li Jingruo's eyes lit up: "That's right, Madam is already impatient. That's why I said I have to treat Madam well when I go back to the house at night."

Gao Zhanming was speechless.That's right, he's good at doing business and settling accounts by himself, and he really can't compare to Li Jingruo when it comes to joking around.

Li Jingruo said: "If madam can't wait until night, we can go in right now. Even if madam can't give birth, I don't dislike it. I do things from beginning to end. Just do my job well. In short, give birth to a child." I will never be indebted to Madam for my previous efforts!"

Gao Zhanming stared at him for a while, then said slowly: "Dudu Li, you, shouldn't you, are you really a broken sleeve?"

Li Jingruo raised his eyebrows: "What about Madam?"

Gao Zhanming wanted to deny it, but for some reason, it came to his lips: "It hasn't been broken."

Li Jingruo held his chin and said, "Judging from your tone, it seems that you want to break it once?"

Gao Zhanming simply stopped "joking" with him, and continued to review official documents with his head down.

Li Jingruo suddenly said: "Part of it is to be offered to the imperial court. I kept some daily expenses for myself, and I sent someone to send the rest back to Xiangcheng."

Gao Zhanming was startled, blinked to realize that he was answering the question he had just asked, and wondered: "Send it back to Xiangcheng?" Xiangcheng is so rich that the descendants of King Yong can't eat it all in a few lifetimes. If Li Jingruo doesn't take it home Forget about the support, and send money home?What a filial son!Didn't it mean that King Yong didn't intend to make Li Jingruo his son?

Li Jingruo said: "I'll have someone buy my family property for me, and prepare to welcome my wife. Whatever I have in the future will also belong to my wife."

Gao Zhanming wanted to continue asking, but felt a bit presumptuous, so he looked at the things in his hand.

After Gao Zhanming approved an official document, he raised his head to see that Li Jingruo's right hand had placed three volumes of accumulated prison cases.

Gao Zhanming was surprised: "You approved this?"

Li Jingruo said: "Yes."

Gao Zhanming saw that Li Jingruo was moving his brush like flying, writing as he watched, and thought he was scribbling.He hurriedly reached out to retrieve those few cases. There were more than a dozen old cases, and Li Jingruo circled the suspicious places with a pen. Those who should be retried should be convicted. Whatever the crime, there are Li Jingruo's comments below.Gao Zhanming couldn't help being shocked: This matter is for him to do it himself, and the speed may not be that fast!

When Gao Zhanming re-watched it, Li Jingruo finished approving several cases.

Gao Zhanming asked in surprise, "Why are you so fast?"

Li Jingruo laughed: "You really think that I...is my husband a playboy?"

Gao Zhanming and Li Jingruo lived together for a few months. Li Jingruo seldom did business in front of him. Sometimes he went out during the day and came back half a day later. When some official documents were delivered to his room, he sent them away after a short while. If you don't want to look at it, leave it to Gao Zhanming to deal with.Gao Zhanming didn't know how much he had approved, so he saw that he pushed all the work to himself.Gao Zhanming had heard about his deeds in governing the bandits in Jiazhou, but he didn't know much about Li Jingruo's actual deeds. He only thought that Li Jingruo spent most of his time at leisure, so busy that he only cared about making jokes about himself.

Now it seems that he knows Li Jingruo too little.

At this moment, a guard ran over: "Master Gao, Mr. Li, the prefect's mansion sent someone here."

Gao Zhanming hurriedly said, "Let someone come in."

After a while, Jiacheng from the prefect's mansion ran in with a post in his hand.

That Jia Cheng saluted Li Jingruo and Gao Zhanming, Gao Zhanming said: "There is no need to be too polite, this post is..."

Jiacheng hurriedly passed the post in his hand to Gao Zhanming: "Gao Judiciary, Li Dudu, and the prefect's wife invited the two adults to come to the residence for the New Year."

Chinese New Year was originally a good day for reunion, and it should be spent with his family, but Gao Zhanming didn't have any relatives in Jiazhou, and the only people close to him were Yinhe and Li Jingruo.Although Gao Zhanming had previously rejected the prefect's wife's offer of marriage, but the prefect's wife did not hold grudges, not to mention she also sincerely admired Gao Zhanming and Li Jingruo, and she was considerate of them coming to Jiazhou to be officials and had no relatives around them, fearing that they would be the first in Jiazhou. The new year was too deserted, so he invited them to his house to celebrate the new year together.

Gao Zhanming thought about it, he just had a New Year's Eve dinner with Li Jingruo Yinhe at his house, and it was indeed a bit deserted.It's better to go to Liu Rukang's place, not to mention the excitement, but also to understand the customs of Jiazhou people during the Chinese New Year.

He was about to answer, but he heard Li Jingruo ask: "I wonder what the prefect's wife has planned for New Year's Eve?"

Jiacheng was startled, and said: "Of course it's the New Year's Eve dinner."

Li Jingruo said: "And then?"

Jia Cheng said: "I don't know about the rest of the arrangement, but I think there will be a banquet for the two adults, so that the two adults can return home happily."

Li Jingruo said: "How did you live when the prefect's mansion was old?"

Jiacheng smiled shyly, and spit out two words: "Ma Diao..."

Gao Zhanming: "..."

Li Jingruo turned his face to Gao Zhanming and spread his hands: "Watch the night with a horse hanging, what do you think, Jun Liang?"

Gao Zhanming raised his forehead, laughed dryly, and handed back the post in his hand to Jiacheng: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry to bother you to report to the prefect and his wife, I still have a lot of accounts to check, and the case needs to be handled. Go to the mansion another day to make amends to Madam."

Jia Cheng took the post, saluted and left.

Gao Zhanming sent the prefect's Jiacheng out, returned to the yard and sat down, Li Jingruo raised Gao Zhanming's chin with the pen in his hand, and said with a smile: "This is the first New Year we spend together for my husband and wife. Just ignore it."

The corner of Gao Zhanming's mouth twitched, and he said bravely, "It's an honor."