Powerful ministers are husbands

The new year is approaching in a blink of an eye, and there are joyful signs of getting rid of the old and welcoming the new everywhere.The debriefing officials left for their hometown early, leaving only Fengshan Sima Tanji and his servant Lu Yi to gossip and frame each other for various crimes, staged a wonderful year-end drama.

The matter of robbing disaster relief money cannot be brought to the table.Regardless of whether it was deliberately teased or someone else stepped in, Lu Yi directly believed that Tan Ji was not doing things well, that he was useless and knew a little too much. After Wang received the money, he turned his face and did not recognize the person, and took the evidence he collected to get rid of Yan Wang's right-hand man.

If they can sit down and have a chat calmly, they may find that there are always people behind the scenes to sow discord.

It's a pity that the fire that was let out cannot be taken back.

After Dali Temple captured Shan Feng, it successively captured the surviving thieves and sentenced them to crimes according to the law. Then it announced to the public that it was trying its best to recover the disaster relief money, and the punishment needed to be reviewed by the Ministry of Punishment. However, it did not do these things a year ago. Lu Yi was busy dealing with the governor of Fengshan, so he hung there restlessly.

In private, the Holy Majesty and several important ministers revealed some meanings. If the bandits were killed and refused to say, in order to protect the face of the court, they pretended to get back the relief money, but in fact allocated some money from the treasury and the Holy Majesty's own private treasury to make up for it. .

Dali Temple Minister Song Zi immediately stated that he was ineffective in handling affairs, which made the bandits have to be buried with disaster relief money, and the officials who took care of the case were willing to use most of their family property to make up for the shortfall.

At this point, Lu Yi occasionally took a breath and thought about it carefully, but he didn't think of anything, so he just let it go.

On the day before New Year's Eve, Pang's house was already bustling with activity.There are new lanterns and newly written couplets on the table in the front room, waiting to be hung outside the door tomorrow, but the courtyard has already been refurbished, the household items have been wiped clean, and the lanterns under the eaves have been replaced with new ones. The pines and cypresses in the courtyard are still green, the wintersweet is blooming on the branches, and there is a faint fragrance floating in the air. The plates on the big table are filled with various dishes, welcoming the arrival of the new year with joy.

Xue Jinyi and Zhang Mu were busy dealing with the last speck of dust on the plaque.

"How is your father?" Zhang Mu rarely took the initiative to speak.

Xue Jinyi was concentrating on wiping a pile of dust in the corner with a towel, when he heard Zhang Mu's words, the strength in his hand suddenly increased, and a slight sound came from behind the plaque, he was woken up in time, and quickly straightened the plaque, lightly Continue to wipe lightly.

"I don't want to see me. I asked the jailer to bring the food in. I don't know if Dad has eaten." His eyes dimmed, and his back was turned to Zhang Mu who was holding the ladder below, so that he could not see him, "I will go again tomorrow. Once the new year is over, there will probably be no chance to see you again." The case is stuck at the Ministry of Criminal Justice, and after the first month of the month, it will go to the execution ground after the review.

Thinking of this, his eyes were sore and uncomfortable, and he rubbed it with his hands, but forgot that his hands were dirty.

"Hiss—" Dirty things got into his eyes, he gasped and rubbed with the other hand.

"Tomorrow, I will go with you." Zhang Mu said softly.

"Eh?" Xue Jinyi opened one eye and looked down, his foot suddenly slipped, and he fell headfirst.In mid-air, he turned over vigorously and landed lightly on the ground, not wanting to stick his back into Zhang Mu's arms.

"What do your father like to eat? Make something different." Zhang Mu helped Xue Jinyi and turned away, "Carry another jug ​​of good wine."

Xue Jinyi was stunned, "Okay..."

"Have you wiped it?" Mrs. Pang came over with Jinxiu, and looked at the two people in the room with a smile, "Thanks for your hard work, hurry up and eat some freshly made pastries and drink some water."

Xue Jinyi wiped his eyes with his sleeves, and put on his usual heartless smile, "Thank you stepmother."

Although it is considered a family now, he doesn't want other people to be unhappy because of the things about the Xue family.Previously, he was busy helping Pang Miao, but in order to have no time to think about other things, now that he is free, he always feels bad when he thinks about killing his relatives righteously, and thinking that his biological father will be taken to the execution ground.

He understands the principle that justice is the most important thing, but it is not easy to calm down when his relatives are involved.

With a heavy palm on his shoulder, Xue Jinyi looked back to see Zhang Mu's indifferent face, but he was moved by the firmness and slight concern in his eyes.

Zhang Mu never had many changes in expression, or too intimate behavior, he was already content with these, the sadness in his heart was infected by warmth, and he immediately flew over, wanting to hug Zhang Mu.

As a result, Zhang Mu avoided it, "Drink tea, it's getting cold."

Xue Jinyi listlessly picked up the teacup.

Mrs. Pang looked around the front room, and asked Jinxiu to fetch a basin of hot water to wash Xue Jinyi and Zhang Mu's face and hands.As the New Year approached, all the servants of the Pang family, except for the homeless Jinxiu, took a red envelope and went back to their hometown in a nearby county to celebrate the New Year.

Although there were fewer people in the mansion, the lively atmosphere was even more lively than in previous years.

The only regret Madam Pang felt was that her daughter was far away in a foreign country and could not come back.

The road was chosen by herself, and she could only sigh a few times at most.

"Mother." Pang Miao walked in slowly from the outside. After a period of practice, he can now walk normally, but the walking speed is slower than before. As usual, "I think if we get some firecrackers, the Chinese New Year will be more festive."

"Go, be careful on the road." Mrs. Pang nodded and urged.

Pang Miao didn't leave immediately, but waited at the door for a while, and went out with Cao Lv who had disguised himself.

"Big fat." Pang Miao cheerfully called the name Cao Lv told him at first.

Cao Lu sighed, and stretched out his hand to support him, "Yes, little fat boy, you wander around as soon as you can walk, I haven't seen you so active before."

"Isn't this a novelty?" Something icy and cool fell on his cheeks, and Pang Miao looked up at the sky. It turned out that it was snowing, and the fine snow fell lightly like falling flowers in the spring breeze. It landed on the ground, fell on the passing pedestrians, and disappeared after melting quickly.

"It's going to be big in a while." Cao Lu lowered his head, "We're done shopping, so go back as soon as possible."

"Will it rain?" Pang Miao blinked, and a little snow fell into his eyes just now, "Come home when you have time the day after tomorrow, let's cook wine and enjoy the snow."

"Cooking wine to enjoy the snow..." Cao Lu thought about it, with a smile in his eyes, "Well, it's not interesting."

Pang Miao nodded in agreement, and coughed a few times to cover up the expectation that suddenly came to his heart and showed on his face.

There was a peddler selling bamboo tubes ahead. Pang Miao stopped, looked at a ten-year-old boy beside him, and said to the peddler, "Uncle, give me twenty."

"Okay." The peddler responded briskly, and said to the frowning little boy while packing up the bamboo tubes: "Young master, go home quickly, why don't you bring the adults to buy it later?"

The boy sighed like an adult, and took out a piece of gold leaf from his sleeve, "Here."

"Uh——" The peddler was stunned for a moment, "Young master, I have to trouble you to go to the opposite bank to exchange for copper coins. I can't find the small ones."

"You don't need to look for it anymore." The boy waved his hand very generously.

Pang Miao looked at the boy more than once. His appearance was delicate, and he looked cute because of his childishness. He was dressed in brocade clothes, and there was a piece of jade hanging around his neck. It's not like a child of an ordinary eunuch's family.

As if aware of the gaze, the boy also looked over, with impenetrable emotions hidden in his slender eyes.

Cao Lv paid the money, and with a bunch of bamboo tubes in his hand, he tugged at Pang Miao's sleeve, "Let's go back."

Pang Miao turned his head to look at Cao Lv, but he obviously noticed that the boy's gaze had not moved away, and a pair of dark eyes suddenly appeared in his mind, with a feeling of thorns on his back.

This is really strange, just a child...

Cao Lv winked, and the two were about to leave when they heard a male voice behind him shouting, "Young Master, Young Master, I have found you."

The boy muttered something softly, ignored the man, and quickly stepped forward to block the way of Pang Miao and Cao Lu.

"Why were you staring at me just now?" He asked directly.

Pang Miao was a little confused, looked at Cao Lu, and replied, "Because you are cute."

"..." The boy was taken aback, then smiled sweetly, and his voice softened, "Thank you for the compliment, big brother, you are so kind." He waved his hand, trotted into the servant's arms, and pestered him to buy Bamboo tube.

"Who do you think he is?" Cao Lv asked after walking a little further away.

"A family who is either rich or noble, the most beloved young master."

"You got the answer right." Cao Lu glanced at it, and quickly wiped away the snowflakes that just melted in front of Pang Miao's eyes with his sleeve, "He is the only son of King Anfeng, and he came to Beijing to accompany the Queen Mother to celebrate the New Year."

Pang Miao opened his mouth wide, "It's such a coincidence... It's a good thing you didn't go out until you changed your face." He didn't think it was troublesome, so he just put on a bamboo hat and settled down hastily.He saw that the kid had sharp eyes, and looked at people with a bit of inquiry. Children of this age are generally not so mature, but as the only son of King Anfeng, it can't be regarded as an accident.

He thought about what he said to the young master, and asked again: "If I answer that way, you won't think I'm molesting him, will you?"

Cao Lv laughed, "Thank you for the compliment."

"I always feel that this child is not simple." Pang Miao frowned slightly, thinking of the boy's gaze.

"It's almost Chinese New Year, so you don't need to think too much." Cao Lu rubbed Pang Miao's hair, turned his head to see that there was no one on the street, and quickly kissed him on the corner of his lips, "Let's think about something more interesting .”

Pang Miao raised his brows, grabbed the bamboo tube in Cao Lu's hand, and dangled it in front of him, "Yes, have you ever played with this? Throwing it into the fire, it makes a crackling sound, it's very interesting."

Cao Lu tilted his head, "That's not true." With the status of the Cao family, how can they allow such things. "Let's go, let's play!" The snow fell more and more, and the sky and the earth were white.In the wind and snow, Pang Bi and Cao Lu walked side by side, the smiles never disappeared from their brows and eyes. This is bound to be a happy and joyful festival.