Chapter 284 I'm sweating, brother (please subscribe)

The arrival of the inspector was silent. Li Xiang did not deliver any official documents to Dengzhou, and did not even send anyone to deliver a letter to Feng Qing in advance.

When Xu Jingzong and Li Jingren brought their troops to the Dengzhou Grand Marshal's Mansion, Feng Qing was still a little surprised.

"What are you doing..." Feng Qing asked in surprise.

Xu Jingzong stretched out his right hand and waved it behind him.

Feng Qing of course understood, and he immediately dismissed everyone, leaving only him, Xu Jingzong and Li Jingren in the room.

When the last person walked out the door, Xu Jingzong took out Li Xiang's handwritten letter from his sleeve and handed it to Feng Qing.

Feng Qing took the letter without saying a word, opened it and read it carefully.

After a while, he raised his head in astonishment, pointed at Xu Jingzong, and then pointed outside the door.

Xu Jingzong nodded and touched his neck with his index finger.

Seeing this action, Feng Qing took a breath.

"This... isn't this inappropriate?" Feng Qing was still a little hesitant.

He didn't know Xu Jingzong, but from Li Xiang's letters, Feng Qing also had a preliminary judgment on the institution of Jianxiu.

This thing... I have never heard of an institution with similar functions from ancient times to the present...

"There is no such thing as appropriate or inappropriate. Your Highness means that anyone who dares to hinder the construction of Youzhou must die!" Xu Jingzong said grimly.

Feng Qing nodded and reached out to wipe the sweat from his forehead.

He was not worried that the inspector would point the finger at him. After all, first of all, he supported the policy of aiding the construction of Youzhou. Secondly, his daughter was Li Xiang's concubine, so there was no reason not to stand with Li Xiang.

He was just worried that if he was implicated too deeply, it would affect Li Xiang's reputation.

As we all know, the standard for judging an emperor nowadays is leniency. If Li Xiang really did something like this, his reputation would certainly be damaged.

However, he forgot that Emperor Wen of Han, who came up with the idea of ​​the Supreme Court, was a perfect wise and benevolent monarch in history books and could be regarded as the bright side of the model monarch in Machiavelli's theory.

Even Zhou Bo, a founding hero, had to go to the Imperial Court Prison. Zhou Bo even had the merit of supporting the emperor, but this behavior did not affect the reputation of Emperor Hanwen...

"In that case, I will definitely fully cooperate with Xu Changshi's work." Feng Qing said again.

Xu Jingzong smiled at Feng Qing. After all, he was the father of the Crown Prince's concubine and also the third-rank chief secretary of the Dengzhou Grand Military Governor's Office. It was reasonable for him to be kind to Feng Qing.

If it were someone else, who knows how Lao Xu would take the opportunity to knock on the door.

"Then I'll have to trouble Mr. Feng, please." Xu Jingzong said.

Feng Qing nodded, rummaged through the desk for a long time, and found the file from some time ago.

"The specific details of the case are all in the file." Feng Qing said, "You two can read it carefully. If you have any questions, you can ask me."

Xu Jingzong took the file, flipped through it, and then handed it to Li Jingren behind him.

He looked at Feng Qing again: "Mr. Feng, where is the bailiff who forced that family to death?"

"In prison," Feng Qing replied, and then said to Xu Jingzong, "This matter also seems very strange to me. There must be a reason behind it, so these two yamen runners were only temporarily detained in prison and were not treated harshly."

Feng Qing then said, "Recently, I borrowed fifty guards from the King of Shu in Dengzhou Port and replaced the jailers in Dengzhou Prison to prevent anyone from taking advantage of the situation and harming these two jailers."

Xu Jingzong glanced at Feng Qing in surprise, then looked away.

Anyone who is valued by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince must have unique qualities.

If the soldiers from Dengzhou Port were used, they might be caught in a tangle of problems, as one of their families might have some connection with the local tyrants and be taken advantage of.

But the King of Shu is different. The King of Shu’s personal guards are all genuine men from Guanzhong. It is impossible for them to have any connection with the local tyrants in Dengzhou.

This kind of thought is really not something that ordinary people can have.

However, Lao Xu suddenly recalled that Feng Qing was promoted by Li Xiang when he was conducting research at the grassroots level, and it was almost two years before he took Feng Qing as his concubine. Therefore, Feng Qing must have been promoted by Li Xiang because of his ability, not because of nepotism.

"Changshi Feng is a meticulous person, and I admire him." Xu Jingzong said with a bow.

"Such a big thing happened, how could I not take it seriously?" Feng Qing sighed.

There was something else he didn't say. He heard that the Crown Princess was pregnant, and he was very worried.

What he hopes for now is to make outstanding contributions to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince as soon as possible, so that His Royal Highness will remember his kindness and let his daughter Feng Yingying get pregnant as soon as possible.

It's not that I have any intention of letting my daughter compete for my favor, I just want my daughter to have a child around her so that she won't be alone in the future when she gets old and ugly.

As the saying goes, parents who love their children will plan for them in the long run. Old Feng also truly loves his only daughter.

"I was thinking of asking the inspector to replace the jailer and protect these two yamen runners, but it seems that this is no longer necessary." Xu Jingzong said with a smile: "The personal guards of the Shu Palace will definitely not have any intersection with the local tyrants in Dengzhou..."

Before he could finish his words, he heard a roar from outside.

"Fuck you! Do you know who I am? How dare you stop me! You are blinding me!"

"Your Highness the King of Shu, please forgive our humble servants for our rudeness, but without the order from Assistant Shi Xu or Assistant Shi Li, we dare not let them pass!" the inspector outside replied.

It sounds like the King of Shu is coming?
Li Jingren and Xu Jingzong looked at each other. Was this a coincidence? Or did they smell something unusual?

"I'll go out and take a look." Li Jingren said to Xu Jingzong.

When Li Jingren went out, Li Yin was holding a dripping cloth bag in his hand and was still shouting and cursing.

"Fuck your mother!..."

Before he could finish his words, he heard Li Jingren's call.

"Your Majesty!"

Li Yin looked up and saw that it was Li Jingren, and immediately put on a smiling face.

"Hey, Brother Jingren!"

"Let him in." Li Jingren said to the team of inspectors who were blocking Li Yin.

The inspectors put away their weapons and made way for the others.

Li Yin raised his head, snorted proudly through his nose, and walked towards the main hall with crab steps, strolling as if he was drunk.

Li Jingren looked at his behavior and shook his head with a smile.

This living treasure...

When Li Yin walked into the main hall, he placed the cloth bag in front of Feng Qing. Feng Qing and Xu Jingzong noticed the dripping cloth bag at first sight, and when they looked more closely, they saw a lot of brown thorns sticking out of it.

"My lord, what is this?" Feng Qing asked curiously.

Li Yin rolled up his sleeves and laughed, "Uncle Feng, this is a treasure I just fished out from the bottom of the sea. According to the booklet my brother gave me, this is a sea urchin, a member of some kind... yes, an echinoderm. I don't know what this echinoderm is, but it's delicious anyway, so I thought I'd bring you two to try."

"Wow, what a good stuff." Feng Qing not only cared about his appearance, but was also a foodie, so he immediately became interested.

"Who said it wasn't? I heard that this stuffed buns are delicious." Li Yin winked at Feng Qing: "I also asked the cooks in the army to use sea urchin as the stuffing to make buns. The beef and sea urchin stuffing is really delicious!"

"Beef?" Feng Qing was stunned.

"Hehe." Li Yin smiled evilly and took out a small bag from his sleeve and handed it to Feng Qing: "This is beef. Don't say I gave it to you. A few days ago, there was a cow at the port that went crazy! I heard that it went crazy because its partner died. Alas... I didn't expect this beast to be so spiritual..."

Feng Qing was stunned when he heard this. How come this beef has such a tear-jerking story?
Li Yin turned his head to the other side and saw Xu Jingzong at a glance.

When Li Xiang arrived in Dengzhou before, Li Yin followed the fleet out to sea to fish. The two of them took the wrong path, so Li Yin did not meet Xu Jingzong.

Now when I see Lao Xu in person, I still chuckle.

"Haha, why do you look so familiar?" Li Yin circled around Xu Jingzong, and when he saw that Xu Jingzong was about to answer, he said, "Wait a moment, let me think about it. Let me guess who you are and why you left such a deep impression on me..."

"Ah!" After a while, Li Yin suddenly realized and pointed at Xu Jingzong and laughed: "Haha! I remember now, you are the Xu Jingzong who laughed out loud at the funeral of my mother in the tenth year of Zhenguan!"

Xu Jingzong's face suddenly darkened. He had planned everything, but he had never expected that this hot-shot guy would still remember his glorious deeds.

Not only did it turn dark, but sweat also poured down.

I'm sweating profusely, brother.

"Hey, why are you making that expression?" Li Yin scratched his butt and said with a grin, "Don't be nervous. I'm not the queen mother's son, and I won't have any prejudice against you because of this matter."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Xu Jingzong wiped the sweat off his forehead.

Then he felt a kick in the butt.

"Damn it, I was still young at that time. I still remember how my mother protected me when I got into trouble—" Li Yan put down his leg and laughed: "This kick makes us even. Anyway, there are no outsiders here."

Xu Jingzong took a deep breath and crossed his fingers towards Li Yin in satisfaction.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace."

"What are you thanking me for? You are working under me now, so we are all brothers." Li Yin patted Xu Jingzong on the shoulder and said, "When you finish your work here, I will prepare something delicious for you."

As he spoke, Li Yin winked at Xu Jingzong and said, "They are all good stuff. I have also kept a large number of high-quality oysters. They are large, plump and fresh. When the time comes, we will eat as much as we can to moisten our kidneys."

"In that case, thank you, Your Majesty." Xu Jingzong said to Li Yin.

"Okay, the stuff has been delivered, I'll go back first." Li Yin patted Xu Jingzong's shoulder again, and said to Feng Qing: "Uncle Feng, I'll leave first."

"Yes." Feng Qing nodded towards Li Yin: "Thank you for your courage, Your Majesty."

Li Yan waved his hand nonchalantly, turned around and walked out the door.

Xu Jingzong suddenly asked from behind Li Yin: "Your Majesty, aren't you curious about why we came to Dengzhou?"

Li Min smiled.

After a while, he turned around and said, "You guys came to Dengzhou with such a big ceremony, and you even set up a posture at the door that outsiders are not allowed to enter. It must be something serious. Although I am a muddleheaded person, I know not to ask questions that I shouldn't ask. Knowing too much is not good for me. Okay, I still have to go swimming, you guys continue chatting."

After saying that, Li Yin left without even looking back, and he really had no reason to linger.

After a long while, Xu Jingzong shook his head and sighed, "His Royal Highness the Prince of Shu really lives up to his reputation. He is indeed someone that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince values..."

"He is simply afraid of getting into trouble. We will have to arrest him to handle the case later." Feng Qing glanced at Xu Jingzong unhappily: "Do you think he is smart? He is just lazy!"

Hearing such an answer, Xu Jingzong was stunned.

Cao, is there another meaning?
So I just went to Dihua?
Li Jingren was chuckling in the back. He looked up at Xu Jingzong and thought to himself, you still haven't thought about this King of Shu well enough.

"Ahem." Xu Jingzong coughed, trying to hide his embarrassment: "Um... Feng Changshi, Li Qian and I will go and take a look at those two yamen runners first..."

"Okay." Feng Qing nodded and said, "Remember to come over to eat Jiao'er this afternoon. I will cook two pots for you personally."

"Hahahaha, then we two would be disrespectful to refuse it." Xu Jingzong and Li Jingren said with a bow.

When leaving the Dengzhou Grand Marshal's Mansion, Xu Jingzong still felt a little uncomfortable.

His Royal Highness the Prince of Shu was so coquettish that he almost broke Old Xu's waist.

"His Royal Highness the Prince of Shu...has he always been like this?" Xu Jingzong asked Li Jingren while pinching the Jingming acupoint, looking tired and annoyed.

Li Jingren smiled and said, "Xu Changshi, you may not know that if the King of Shu is not..."

Having said that, he bent his fingers and tapped his temples.

This is a gesture used internationally and throughout history to describe someone who is stupid.

"...if so, do you think he would call his nephew "brother" in front of all the civil and military officials?"

Who would have thought that after hearing this, Xu Jingzong put down his hand instead.

He smiled with relief and said, "So that's how it is, so that's how it is..."

It’s not that he really thinks the King of Shu is stupid, but he suddenly feels that the King of Shu is truly wise.

Using this method to approach the most popular Prince of Hengshan at that time, saying he was stupid...Xu Jingzong didn't believe it at all.

Li Jingren thought Xu Jingzong had realized it, so he didn't say much, but casually said: "So Xu Changshi doesn't have to worry too much, the King of Shu is the man of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

"Yeah." Xu Jingzong believed this.

After a while, he said to Li Jingren, "Li Chenshi, you and I are both working under His Highness, so don't be too formal. From now on, you can call me Yanzu or Lao Xu."

"This is not appropriate, right?" Li Jingren asked, scratching his head.

Although Xu Jingzong is in his forties, he is really thick-skinned and doesn't think there is anything wrong with being on good terms with Li Jingren, a young man under 20 years old.

"That's too formal, my dear brother Jingren." Xu Jingzong saw that Li Jingren had no objection, so he changed the address immediately.

Li Jingren didn't really care about the title, so he smiled and said, "Mr. Xu..."

He originally wanted to call him "old man", but when he saw Xu Jingzong's long beard, he changed his words and said, "Well, Lao Xu, let's go."

(Asking for monthly tickets, I didn’t have a relapse today, I’m happy, but my throat is still frosted, and I speak like a toad that swallowed poison)
(End of this chapter)