Rebirth: From being expelled from the imperial court to becoming a high-ranking official

It’s almost the end of the year and the New Year’s Day holiday is coming.

Qin Yunhe knew that the government office would definitely need people to be on duty during holidays, so he called Liu Dianshi to ask him how the holiday duty arrangements were made in previous years.

"Your Excellency, just go home and celebrate the New Year. Liu Xu and I are both locals, and we took turns on duty in previous years. The heads of each squad will also make their own arrangements."

Qin Yunhe had always been very curious, and now that he was brought up, he finally asked, "Liu Dianshi, is Liu Xu Dianshi... your nephew?"

Liu Dianshi quickly smiled and said, "Your Excellency is wise. Liu Xu is indeed my cousin. I don't have a son, so I usually treat him as my own son."

After hearing this, Qin Yunhe understood. It was probably because when the previous prosecutor was about to leave office, Liu Dianshi asked the prosecutor to arrange this position for his nephew.

But Liu Xu is much quieter than Liu Qing, and their personalities don't seem like uncle and nephew.

Qin Yunhe asked, and after satisfying his curiosity, he did not ask any more questions, but continued.

"Is it okay for me to be away from the government office during the New Year?"

"Don't worry, sir. Generally, there won't be any major incidents during the New Year. Liu Xu and I are enough to handle daily affairs. In fact, even Liu Xu and I won't stay here all day. My home is close to the government office, and the government officials will run over to notify us if there is anything."

Qin Yunhe nodded. It seemed that he could finally go back home for the New Year. He missed his wife, daughter and mother so much.

The government office was closed on the 27th day of the twelfth lunar month. On the 26th day of the twelfth lunar month, Qin Yunhe called all his runners and servants and gave them rewards.

In particular, Wu Shou and several of his men who were running around to collect evidence and arrest people were generously rewarded.

The job was done well, so Li Chang naturally rewarded his men generously.

Everyone gained a lot and received the money happily. They went back to figure out how to use the money.

Early in the morning of the 27th day of the twelfth lunar month, Zhuzi loaded all the luggage that had been prepared long ago onto the carriage, asked Qin Yunhe, then shook the reins and set off for home.

Zhuzi naturally also received a generous reward, which allowed his family to have a prosperous new year.

Thinking of how happy my mother and wife would be when seeing this, I whipped the horse even harder.

Qin Yunhe had someone ask Gu Zhi in advance. Gu Zhi had official business and could not go home on the same day as him, so only Li Chang went back with him.

Li Chang did not take his own carriage, but took one with Qin Yunhe, chatting with Zhuzi while walking.

"It's obvious that Zhuzi is eager to go home. He swings the whip more vigorously than usual."

Hearing Li Chang's joke, Zhuzi did not hide his happiness and said, "Haha, Third Master, please forgive me for making fun of you. The adults gave me a lot of rewards, and I am in a hurry to go home to buy New Year's goods."

"Haha, that's nonsense. Your family can wait for you to come back before buying New Year's goods."

"Ha ha……"

"Hey, Zhuzi, isn't it time for you to buy some land when you go back?"

"Hey, how can we buy land now? We have to wait a few years and then we can take our time."

"Didn't your master give you an advance of money before? You should have earned some money from your work in the past few months, right? Don't you plan to buy a few more acres of land?"

"Third Master, you don't know that there are many people in my family. This little money is not enough to feed them."

"Oh——" Li Chang nodded in understanding.

After a while, Li Chang said again: "Hey, haven't you always been thinking about your few acres of riverside land being taken away? How about I find a way to get it back for you?"

Before Zhuzi could answer, Qin Yunhe became interested first: "Can you get the river beach back?"

"Just give it a try. What if it works? Sir, please don't get involved. It's best not to involve you in this matter."

"Then why do you want it? My childhood friend also had a few acres of riverside land confiscated."

"I know, it's Chen Er. Changyu mentioned it when he went back. It's no big deal, we'll come back together."

Zhuzi couldn't hold back any longer after listening for a long time. Seeing that the two of them had almost finished talking, he quickly asked, "Third Master, do you really have a way to get the river beach back for us? If you can really get it back, you will be a great benefactor to my family."

"Then you'd better think carefully about how to thank me, your benefactor, when the time comes, hahahaha..."

Zhuzi whipped the whip even harder, and it was so cold that he broke into a sweat.

The group chatted and laughed, and returned to Fuyu County in the afternoon.

Qin Yunhe sent someone home to deliver a letter in advance. His family knew he would be back today, and they had been going in and out to check on him countless times since the morning.

Later, Qin Si was really worried that his mother would catch a cold, so he said he would go to the village entrance to wait for her and asked his mother not to come out again.

Zhuzi recognized Qin Si from a distance.

"Sir, the fourth master is waiting at the entrance of the village."

Qin Yunhe hurried out of the car and saw that his fourth brother was indeed standing at the entrance of the village looking at this side from afar. Apparently, he had also seen him come out and was waving at him.

Qin Yunhe also quickly raised his hand and waved.

When Qin Yunhe got closer, he quickly asked his brother to get in the car: "Brother, why are you waiting at the entrance of the village when it's so cold? I'll go back by myself when I get back. Come in and warm up."

There was a charcoal basin in the car. Li Chang had already gone back in his own car, so Qin Si got in.

"Mother was anxious and kept coming out to see you. It was too cold and I was afraid she would catch a cold, so I came to the village entrance to meet you."

"Is everything alright at home?"

"Good! Everything is fine at home, but you are away from home alone, and mother is very worried."

The two brothers soon arrived at the door of their home while talking.

Qin Yunhe lifted the curtain and prepared to get off the car.

Just then Yu Ru came out to see what was happening. As soon as she went out, she saw the carriage parked at the door and Qin Yunhe was about to get off.

"Ah Wen!"

"Yuru!"

Qin Yunhe quickly jumped out of the car, walked over to Yuru, held her hand and said, "Why are you out here in such a cold weather? I'll go in when I come back."

"I came to see you because I thought you would be back soon. Come in quickly, your mother is waiting anxiously."

"Okay. Zhuzi, you should go back soon. Your family is waiting. Let's park the carriage at your place first."

Zhuzi responded and waited for Qin Si to get out of the car before driving away.