Li Shao came out of the teahouse and looked at the darkening sky, feeling even more gloomy.

He wasted his time listening to a bunch of nonsense, and he hasn't eaten yet. It's so unlucky.

He quickened his pace and walked home. After arriving home, Zhao Ye found that he had not eaten yet, so he quickly asked the kitchen to prepare some food. Fortunately, all kinds of ingredients were prepared at home, and the servants in the kitchen were also quick and efficient. They cooked a large table of dishes in a short while.

After Li Shao had eaten and drunk his fill and taken a shower, he lay on the bed hugging Zhao Ye, and thought to himself that this was life.

"Husband, I thought you had eaten outside. If I had known you were still hungry, I would have waited for you for a while."

"No need to wait. How can I let you wait for me on an empty stomach? I was thinking of eating something outside, but then I thought I wanted to go home to see you, so I came back."

"You only know how to say sweet words." Zhao Ye said that, but in fact he enjoyed it very much, and the corners of his mouth couldn't stop rising.

"By the way, my husband, I heard from Ah Cheng that someone is waiting for you at the gate of the Wei Mansion. What does that person do?"

Li Shao didn't want to tell Zhao Ye such a boring thing and make him unhappy, so he made up a lie, "It's just a person who wanted to buy our medicinal wine. He couldn't buy it in the wine shop, so he came to the gate of the Wei Mansion to block me."

Zhao Ye did not doubt his words, and said casually: "This guy is really, if he can't buy the medicinal wine, he shouldn't come to your place of duty to block you, really, you didn't agree to sell it to him, right?"

"Of course not. If we give him this loophole, our limited supply will become a joke. He still keeps pestering us, which is really annoying."

"By the way, didn't you say yesterday that you were going to attend a tea tasting party today? Is it fun?" Li Shao changed the subject casually.

Zhao Ye curled his lips and said, "That's it, it's meaningless."

"Hmm? What's wrong? Can't you tell them? Or is someone bullying you? You must tell me if there is anything, Brother Ye."

"Husband, no, it's not what you think. No one bullies me." Zhao Ye spoke quickly to prevent her husband from continuing to imagine that he was not some poor little thing that could be bullied by anyone.

Seeing that he didn't seem to be lying, Li Shao was relieved, "It's good that you are not bullied. If you can't play with them, then don't get together with them. Do whatever makes you feel comfortable."

"My husband, although they always smile and speak politely to me, I always feel that they look down on me from the bottom of their hearts."

Now Zhao Ye will not hide anything from Li Shao and will say whatever he thinks.

Li Shao didn't think that Zhao Ye was inferior and sensitive. Since he felt that they looked down on him and made him uncomfortable, it must be those people's fault.

Li Shao couldn't help but get angry and wanted to vent his anger on him, but thinking about how they were a group of women, he couldn't beat them or scold them, it was really...

She could only hug Zhao Ye tightly and touch his arm distressedly, "Brother Ye, they look down on others, and we look down on them too. From now on, those people will ignore them. Also, who are they from?"

"Ah? Husband, no one said anything about me. Oh! Let's not talk about this anymore."

Looking at my husband's attitude, is it really necessary for me to go to my husband just for a little feeling of his? That won't do. Such a small matter cannot affect the relationship between my husband and his colleagues.

Seeing that he really didn't want to mention it anymore, Li Shao stopped talking about it. At this time, he thought that Su Cen seemed to be engaged recently, and Ye Ge'er was probably bored every day.

Then he said, "Tomorrow I'll ask Shen Qing to go to the bookstore and buy you some more storybooks, or I'll ask a troupe to come to my house and perform some opera."

"I'm tired of staying at home, so I brought two of you out to hang out and have fun. It's all my fault that I don't have enough time to spend with you now."

Zhao Ye shook his head. "My husband, how can I blame you? You are busy with work every day, and I have a lot of fun every day. I am not bored at all."

"Plus, the two little guys at home are also very clingy. When I got home today, I heard Taohua and the others say that they were making a fuss about looking for me."

"Okay, anyway, don't treat yourself badly when I'm not at home. Do whatever you want and play whatever you want."

"I understand, sir."

……

Li Shao didn't take Deng Kaicheng seriously at all, and had long forgotten about the little feud between them.

But Deng Kaicheng could not forget him. He always hated him and waited for the right opportunity to take revenge on him.

This opportunity came quickly. Something happened in the court today that made Jing Xiangting very angry.

On Bo Tu Mountain, southwest of Jiangmin County, Lingnan Province, there lived a group of extremely vicious bandits who committed arson, murder, looting and all kinds of evil.

The local people were suffering terribly, and the county magistrate sent people to suppress the bandits many times. However, the bandits were not only insidious, cunning, cruel and ruthless, but also numerous in number. The place where they were entrenched was easy to defend but difficult to attack. Not only did several encirclement and suppression efforts fail, but they also lost a lot of troops.

The local county magistrate had no choice but to report to the court to apologize and request the emperor to send reinforcements. Jing Xiangting was also furious when he heard this. After dealing with the county magistrate, he immediately sent troops to suppress the bandits.

Unexpectedly, he failed. Less than three hundred of the one thousand elite soldiers he sent out returned, and the deputy general was killed by the bandits. This was a huge loss of face, and he was so angry that he demoted the main general in charge of suppressing the bandits by one rank and asked him to go home and reflect.

He was very angry again, and all the court officials were trembling with fear, fearing that the fire would burn them.

But this matter had to be resolved. The Minister of War Dong Yuan stood up and said, "Your Majesty, please calm down. It is our fault that we failed to foresee the severity of the banditry in this area in advance. I accept the blame."

"However, the most urgent task is to quickly suppress the rebellion and bring peace to the country. I think we need to find a capable general to lead two thousand elite soldiers and a counselor who is proficient in military tactics to quickly eliminate the banditry and restore peace to the people."

Prime Minister Cao Jingguo also stood up and said, "Master Dong is right. Your Majesty, the priority now is to resolve the bandit problem. We can hold them accountable after the bandits are wiped out. The most important thing now is to find a suitable general to lead the troops to suppress the bandits."

Seeing someone take the lead, others also spoke up to persuade them.

Jing Xiangting also knew that now was not the time to pursue responsibility. The most important thing was to suppress the bandits. He calmed down and said in a deep voice: "These little bandits are so rampant. If I don't tear them into pieces, you really think that there is no one in my Jing country!"

"Do you have anyone suitable to recommend as a general to suppress the bandits?"

This question also stumped the ministers below. Generals with rich experience and outstanding military achievements were basically stationed at the border.

Next, court officials proposed many generals, but they were all refuted by others. After discussing for a long time, they still couldn't come to a conclusion.

Just when Jing Xiangting was having a headache, the Minister of Personnel Zheng Yongchang stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, I have a suitable candidate in mind."

"Oh?! Zheng Aiqing, tell me about it."

Just now everyone was discussing excitedly, but he didn't say a word. Now he suddenly said he wanted to recommend someone, which made everyone curious. Who would he recommend?

Dong Yuan suddenly thought, could this old man be trying to recommend his son? !

That gang of bandits were not ordinary bandits. The stationed soldiers tried to encircle and suppress them many times but failed. The local county magistrate had no choice but to report to the court. Almost all the troops sent by the emperor were killed. If his son went there, he would be giving his life to the bandits.

But this time he guessed wrong. Zheng Yongchang said, "The person I want to recommend is the new top scholar in the military examination, Li Shao, the captain of the Xuanwu Army."

"This man is born with supernatural powers and outstanding martial arts. I heard that he is invincible in the Shenwu Army. He also has his own unique insights on military tactics. I think only he can take on this important task."

Dong Yuan frowned after hearing this. "But Li Shao is just a newcomer to the army. Although he is a good candidate, he has never really experienced any rebellion or war. He is facing such a fierce bandit right from the start, especially as the commander. I am afraid..."

Before he could finish his words, Zheng Yongchang interrupted him, "Master Dong, what you said is wrong. Which good general didn't come from hardships and hardships?"

"He is loyal to his master and the people are in trouble now. Since he has the ability, why shouldn't he go? Besides, leading troops to fight is not a child's game. There is no such thing as adapting to it."

"You..." After he said this, Dong Yuan didn't know what to say next.

In addition, court officials such as Deng Kaicheng continued to echo him.

Jing Xiangting pondered for a moment and felt that Zheng Yongchang's suggestion was really good, so he said: "Zheng Aiqing is right. No general is born a general. They always have to go through some hardships to become a general."

"Then it's settled. Lieutenant Li will be the commander in chief of this bandit suppression campaign."

"The Emperor's Holy Might."

"The Emperor's Holy Might."

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