rebirth first official

There are only two masters in Gao Zhanming's mansion, one is himself and the other is Li Jingruo, it's not easy for slaves to eat with the masters, so Yinhe and a few servants in the mansion get together, while Gao Zhanming can only be with Li Jingruo be alone.

There were only two people, and it was meaningless to prepare a large table of dishes in a serious manner, so Li Jingruo asked Gao Zhanming to send the prepared dishes to Gao Zhanming's room, and went with a jar of wine by himself.

There were not many dishes, because there were only two of them, and the servants brought seven or eight small dishes.The dishes cooked in the cauldron were enough for two people, and Gao Zhanming let the servants eat the rest.They are all Sichuan specialties. At a glance, there is a layer of hot pepper floating around, and there is a bowl of Dandan noodles for each person.

Li Jingruo put a jar of Sichuan Qingyou Piao wine on the table: "Drink this to relieve the spicy."

Gao Zhanming broke the seal of the wine, went up to sniff it, and felt that the smell of the wine was extremely mellow, and the smell of wine that came to his face almost made him drunk.He rubbed his nose and asked, "Is this Shu wine?"

Li Jingruo nodded: "Yes, Qingyou Piaojiu is best for relieving spicy heat and warming up."

Gao Zhanming was surprised: "Qing You Piao wine? I heard that this wine is very powerful." This wine has a long fermentation period, brewed in winter and ripened in summer, and it is known as drunk for months.Gao Zhanming said, "Such a strong drink, what should I do if I get drunk?"

Li Jingruo smiled and said, "Isn't it just right that Ma'am is drunk? Otherwise, I'm really worried that I won't have a chance to do anything for my husband."

Gao Zhanming sighed helplessly: "You are really..." After a pause, he said again, "Come on, I'm almost starving, let's eat."

Li Jingruo took a chopstick of steamed fish with fermented soybeans and put it in Gao Zhanming's bowl: "Brother Jun Liang, you have more than enough every year."

Gao Zhanming returned a piece of sliced ​​beef with chopsticks and put it in Li Jingruo's bowl: "Congratulations."

Li Jingruo raised his eyebrows: "Madam, do you know the name of this dish?"

Gao Zhanming said: "Husband and wife lungs..." He cut off the conversation.

Li Jingruo laughed loudly: "Madam has a heart." Then he put the beef in his mouth and ate it.

Gao Zhanming sighed: Well, in the past, I used to "joke" with him occasionally, but these days it has become more and more serious, and I can't do without molesting him!If it weren't for Li Jingruo, who is always not serious, Gao Zhanming would have doubted whether he was sincere.

I don't know who made this New Year's Eve dinner, but it feels much spicier than before.The food in Sichuan has always been extremely spicy. Gao Zhanming grew up in Wu County, and his taste was sweet. Later, he came to the capital and didn’t often eat spicy food. When he first arrived in Shu, he was really not used to it. Although the local dishes are spicy, the color and aroma are excellent. Although sometimes it makes people tear and nose, but they can't stop the chopsticks.After a few months, Gao Zhanming has gotten used to it.But today's dishes were a bit more spicy than usual, so he had to rinse his mouth with wine.

Not to mention, although this Qing You Piao wine is extremely strong and very choking in the mouth, once you swallow it, the spicy taste will be relieved immediately.

The two were eating small dishes and drinking wine while discussing the affairs of the government.

Although it is Li Jingruo's first time as an official, he was brought up in the royal family after all, and he is caring. He is much clearer about the duties of an official and the procedures of the government than Gao Zhanming. Gao Zhanming has many things to ask him, and he also knows Can answer fluently.

Gao Zhanming couldn't help but ask him: "Brother Yaoran, what did you search for in the past few years?"

Li Jingruo said: "To understand the people's sentiments, look at how people in various places live, and how officials in various places are officials." He added, "Actually, I have been an official of the judge for a few months, so Only then can I understand the process of trial and possible doubts in the trial.”

Gao Zhanming was shocked: "You have been a judge? How come I don't know?"

Li Jingruo smiled and said, "How much do you know about me?"

Gao Zhanming thought for a while, and said: "I will understand as much as you let me see." He wondered, "Why did you become a judge?" Anyway, Li Jingruo is a child of the royal family.Although Gao Zhanming is a son of the Gao family, rich and powerful, but because he has no title and no achievements, the achievements of his predecessors cannot be counted on him. rise.Even if the royal family is declining now, there is a huge difference between the princes and grandsons of the direct line and their children of powerful families. No matter how bad they are, they can be crowned kings and princes. Although the power and wealth in their hands may not be much, but the noble birth is No one can match.This is not true, Li Jingruo has never participated in the scientific examination and has not won the first prize, but he has been a governor of the third rank since he came, and he is his chief's chief.

Li Jingruo said: "One day I heard about a case in which a peasant woman killed her husband, burned her husband's body beyond recognition, and then went to the government to report the case, saying that the house ran out of water and burned her husband to death. Her husband's body was confiscated by the yamen. Two days later, many flies and insects gathered and hovered over the head of the dead body. The local judge immediately ordered Wu Zuo to open the head of the dead body. There was a wound piercing the bone on the cover, which was hit with an awl. The judge immediately ordered the peasant woman to be arrested and brought to justice. It turned out that the peasant woman and the adulterer murdered her husband. I thought this case was very interesting, so I I transferred the case files to investigate the cases, and many of the cases made me feel refreshed. The common people still have such skills and wisdom, but I really can’t underestimate them. If the judge really wants to be a good judge, there are many Knowledge, astronomy, geography, local conditions and customs all have to understand a little bit, so the imperial court will always let new scholars take up positions."

Gao Zhanming nodded: "Well, reading case files is indeed a good way to understand people's livelihood."

Li Jingruo said: "That's right, the history books record important events of the family and the country, but the common people seldom occupy a place. It's different when looking at the case files. The folks have masters, and there are some wonderful things that are wrongly done. You can also learn from them. For example, I I once saw a case where there was a grudge between two farmers, and one of them wanted to poison the other, so he prepared the poison himself and put it in the vegetable field of that family, thinking that it was perfect, and it would never He was noticed by others. Unexpectedly, after he gave the medicine, the vegetable fields of other families were infested by vegetable insects. Only that family had no vegetable insects in their fields, and the vegetables grew stronger than in previous years. Eat After that, no poisoning was seen. Later, the poisoned family was so angry that they put the medicine in the wine of the enemy, and they were poisoned to death by him. The matter of drugging in the ground has been confessed."

Gao Zhanming was shocked: "Then what kind of medicine is used to kill insects?"

Li Jingruo laughed loudly: "I also wanted to know this at the time, but unfortunately the judge was a fool. I checked all the relevant files, but I didn't see any records about the poison, but the person who administered the medicine killed someone. Tian was put to death. It's a pity, it's a pity. If this poison can be spread, it can greatly increase the harvest."

Gao Zhanming sighed: "Why is it not my turn to try this case?! What a waste of money!"

Li Jingruo said: "So I became curious and asked my father to forge an official document and background for me, saying that I was a Jinshi in the new department and rank, and asked me to go to a neighboring county to be a judge for several months. manage."

Gao Zhanming was amazed: "Brother Yaoran is really a willful person. I wonder what interesting things you learned when you were a judge?"

Li Jingruo shook the wine in the glass: "I learned a trick to hide the old warehouse."

Gao Zhanming wondered: "Oh? Let's hear it."

Li Jingruo said: "It's a case of elopement. A businessman fell in love with the daughter of a small official's family, but the small official thought he was from a businessman and refused to marry his daughter to him. He took advantage of the girl I also went to Camel Mountain during the few months I went to Qingxiu Mountain. I shaved my hair and pretended to be a sweeping monk in the temple. I lived with the girl under the same roof every day, eating and drinking together. Explaining poems and essays. A few months later, the girl got off the camel mountain and ran away with him."

Gao Zhanming frowned.This case sounds a little weird.

Li Jingruo smiled and turned his eyes towards him, and said: "So if you like someone, you have to find a way to get along with him. A long-term relationship is more effective than anything else. I also heard that the young lady originally shy away because of shyness. But the young master took advantage of a certain day to get the young lady drunk and...cooked the uncooked rice into cooked rice with her, so the two fell in love with each other and made a private decision for life."

The corner of Gao Zhanming's mouth twitched.

Li Jingruo smiled meaningfully and touched the wine glass in his hand to Gao Zhanming's: "Jun Liang, I respect you."

Gao Zhanming looked at his wine glass suspiciously, and said vigilantly, "You probably drugged it?"

Li Jingruo was amused by him: "Tiger penis, velvet antler, cistanche, actinolite...all of them." They are all drugs for aphrodisiac.

Gao Zhanming looked at the wine glass in his hand and laughed.Of course he wouldn't really believe that Li Jingruo drugged it, but Li Jingruo...Although Li Jingruo always said nothing, but out of ten sentences, there must be one sentence that is true, right?When he thought about it carefully, he really felt that Li Jingruo's thoughts towards him seemed to have been clearly revealed.

In fact, he has never been close to male sex before. When he was in Wu County, he was studying in the county school, and his children played with each other. He didn't feel disgusted, but there was no one he liked that made him think this way.After he got married, he respected each other lightly, and after his wife died, he put all his attention on his studies.After being reborn as Gao Zhanming, he was labeled as a traitor from the very beginning. Those dandies in Zongxue rarely could make him feel good. Don't talk about breaking up with anyone.

He didn't hate Li Jingruo in his heart.If he were to marry a woman, considering his temperament and identity, it should not be for love, but for a purposeful marriage.He certainly didn't dare to take the marriage arranged for him by the Gao family, and he didn't know which force was like-minded and could rely on marriage for long-term cooperation, so he never thought of marrying a wife and having children.But sometimes I am always alone, and it is inevitable that I will feel a little lonely. I want to talk to others about what is in my heart, and I want to discuss things that I don’t understand. When I am in trouble, I have a backing by my side.If that person is Li Jingruo...

Gao Zhanming lowered his eyes, only to feel that his face was very hot from the alcohol: "Brother Li, Yaoran, which one of your words is true?"

Li Jingruo took a sip of his wine, gently put down the cup, and said, "Jun Liang, I'm short of 40 taels of silver."

Gao Zhanming was taken aback, but he didn't expect him to change the topic suddenly, and asked puzzledly, "Are you short of money? Where's your money?"

Li Jingruo said: "I have sent all my money back to Xiangcheng to buy my future family property. I have taken a fancy to a fox fur coat, and I still need 40 taels of money."

Gao Zhanming thought that he wanted to borrow money from him, so he laughed and said: "You are short of money, you are going to pay it outside today..." Halfway through the conversation, he was suddenly startled and stopped.Today, Li Jingruo bought a gambling ticket with five taels of silver, and he lost eight. If he wins, he will make a net profit of 40 taels...

Li Jingruo stared at Gao Zhanming with a pair of burning eyes with a smile: "Can you help me?"

Gao Zhanming calculated in his mind that if he wanted to buy another bet and win back 40 taels of silver, and buy ten to lose one, he would have to buy a ticket of 400 taels of silver... It was ridiculous, and he immediately dismissed the idea.

No no no, that's not the point!Gao Zhanming shook his head.Li Jingruo is indeed pushing forward step by step, squeezing his own space smaller and smaller, and his words are becoming more and more explicit, but Li Jingruo has never said a word in a serious way, he always speaks in a joking tone, and also It can be withdrawn as a joke anytime, anywhere.No, he tried a word, and Li Jingruo made a bigger circle for him!

Gao Zhanming was silent for a long time, but Li Jingruo didn't speak, with a smile on his face all the time.

Gao Zhanming took a deep breath and said, "Yaoran, is your sentence a joke again?"

Li Jingruo raised his eyebrows and remained silent, lowering his head and shaking the wine cup in his hand.

Because no one spoke, the atmosphere became a little awkward for a while.

Li Jingruo finally put down his wine glass, and said slowly, "Do you remember..."

Gao Zhanming's heart tightened.

At this moment, the door was suddenly knocked open, and a man rushed in with a panicked expression, and fell down in front of the table.

Gao Zhanming stood up suddenly from his chair in fright, Li Jingruo frowned, got up and said, "What are you doing?"

At this time, Yinhe also ran in panting from the outside, pointed to the human kneeling on the ground and said: "Master, it's too late to report, he said there is something urgent..."

Gao Zhanming lowered his head and carefully looked at the man on the ground, he looked familiar.He thought about it for a while, he seemed to be the guard of the prefect's mansion.

The guard was panting fiercely, it could be seen how anxious he was when he ran over, and exhausted all his strength.He opened his mouth wide and took two breaths desperately, and then he said intermittently: "Du, Dudu, it's not a big deal, it's not good, yes, someone rebelled!"