Prime Minister Chasing Her Husband

When Zhang Shangshu entered the door, everyone stopped their work and said, "Hello, Mr. Shangshu."

Xu Shi was praised when he went to court today, but Zhang Xiangui's face was quite kind, he waved his hand with a smile and said: "Everyone, work harder, I just reported the progress of various affairs to the Holy Majesty today, His Majesty is very happy, Specially praised the Ministry of Rites. I know that everyone is tired these days, if we persevere, if we survive the last [-] days, our Ministry of Rites will be honored."

Everyone agreed one after another, and once again devoted themselves to their busy business affairs as if they had been injected with chicken blood.

Li Heng, on the other hand, saw Zhang Xiangui and thought of the rosewood that Xie Xuan mentioned.So Li Heng followed Zhang Xiangui into his office.

Zhang Xiangui was in a really good mood today, seeing Li Heng who had taken [-] days off for nothing, he still had a smile on his face.

"Come back for vacation? How about it, can you still deal with the affairs at hand? Are the things at home settled?"

"Thank you for your concern, sir, everything has been resolved." Li Heng replied.

"Then go out and do something, everyone is busy." Zhang Xiangui has the habit of drinking a pot at court, and Li Heng's presence here obviously affected his little habit.

"My lord, I have something to report to my lord urgently."

"Oh, what's the matter?" Zhang Xiangui heard the words, and was about to warm up the wine, "Could it be possible that you want to ask for leave again? You can't do it."

"No." Li Hengsu knew that Zhang Xiangui was stingy, so he didn't go around too much with him, "When I returned home yesterday, I met Hualimu who came to Beijing from Cangzhou. It happened that my nephew came from Cangzhou. I saw something wrong with the rosewood at a glance, so my subordinates came here to report it."

"Rosewood?" Zhang Xiangui put the jug on the table, "Are you sure it's rosewood? It was used to set up stands for the royal family. Can you see clearly what your nephew is?"

"My lord, it is indeed rosewood. The batch that just entered Beijing yesterday afternoon, from the seals, it is the batch that set up stands for the crown prince. My nephew was born in Cangzhou, and his family also has a piece of woodland. He was very sure yesterday, It is said that Cangzhou is rainy and rainy for four consecutive months, so I don’t think it’s wrong to hand over such good wood. Besides, it’s an important thing. Why don’t you bring two craftsmen to inspect it at this time, and drive very carefully. Year ship."

Naturally, Zhang Xiangui was also afraid of making mistakes. Hearing what Li Heng said, he didn't even bother to drink. "Is your nephew really serious? Are they really the ones for the crown prince?"

"It's true."

Zhang Xiangui put on the official hat he had just taken off, looked at Li Heng, and said, "Let's go, you go and have a look with me."

Seeing the panicked expressions of the two, Lin Chi asked someone to prepare a carriage and go out, so he followed up and asked, "Where are you going, my lord?"

After thinking about it, Zhang Xiangui grabbed the gap in the forest and said: "Mr. Li said that there was a problem with the rosewood that just entered Beijing yesterday. It just so happens that you are responsible for this wood. You go and have a look with us."

Lin Chi was shocked, turned his head, and said: "This subordinate is in a hurry to urinate, please wait a moment, sir."

It happened that the carriage arrived at this time, and Zhang Shangshu just grabbed the forest gap and got on the carriage. "The warehouse of the Ministry of Rites is not far away, no matter how urgent it is, we will wait until later."

The carriage only took a quarter of an hour before it arrived at the warehouse of the Ministry of Rites. The people in the warehouse were doing the final count. After counting, the batch of timber was about to be transported into the palace.Zhang Xiangui ordered two trusted craftsmen, and when he got to the pile of wood with the crown prince's seal, he asked people to remove the wood one by one for re-examination.

The first few small pieces of wood are all good. After being inspected by the carpenter, the color and material are not bad. Zhang Xiangui's face softened a little.When they saw the main wood, the two craftsmen showed embarrassment.

"But what's wrong with Zhumu?" Zhang Xiangui asked urgently.

The two carpenters looked at each other, and then replied a little more courageously. "My lord, this main tree is a rotten tree that is strong on the outside and dry on the inside."

Zhang Xiangui was in a daze, a main tree, the main tree used to build a stand for the crown prince, was about to enter the palace only to find out that there was nothing wrong with it.Even though he was praised in the palace an hour ago, the rotten tree in front of him really gave him quite a blow.

"My lord, my lord." Li Heng called out beside Zhang Xiangui.

"Lin Gap, you made this wood, why don't you tell me what's going on!"

Lin Gap was also anxious at this moment, knelt down and said, "My lord, the rosewood tree was run by your nephew Zhang Zhihui, I don't know, I don't know."

Zhang Xiangui was really scared, his voice was trembling, and he asked, "Li Heng, what should I do? You have a lot of ideas, so tell me what to do?"

Li Heng said sternly: "It's public. It's an urgent matter. At least it didn't cause any serious consequences. This matter can only be reported according to the facts. If you want to be kind to the emperor, there is a reason for this matter. Maybe you won't go into it. It's just absolutely impossible. If you delay any longer, the wood that should enter the palace must still enter the palace on time."

Zhang Xiangui also understood in his mind at this moment that he was not personally responsible for this matter. Even if he was killed to make an example of monkeys, he could only punish him for a crime of ignorance. own nephew.With an idea in his mind, he felt windy, so he took Li Heng back to the Ministry of Rites to write an urgent document.

The rosewood story is true, so Li Heng is naturally very busy in the etiquette department.On the other hand, Master Hu, the guest of Li's mansion, did arrive at the mansion early.

"I have met Master, the Ministry of Rites is busy these days, and the Master has not yet returned to the mansion, so I ask Master to take care of him, and move to the side hall to sit down, and let the slave prepare some tea and charcoal fire." Li Heng is not here, the receptionist in the mansion The burden naturally fell on Mrs. Li.

"It's okay, the old man arrived a little earlier. I heard that brother Yan Bin said that there are two children in this mansion who are going to school, so I came over earlier to see what they have learned." Mrs. Hu sat down in the side hall with Mrs. Li.He has been a master all his life, and his peaches and plums are all over the world. From the old cabinet minister to the magistrates everywhere, there are his students.He admired Li Heng's articles in the past, and always lamented that Li Heng had bad luck, so he only became a doctor.So when Li Heng said that two of his students were going to Luming Academy, he was naturally tempted and wanted to find out. If it was suitable, it would be best to accept them as closed disciples.

When Mrs. Hu came in, Mrs. Li asked someone to bring the two children over, and didn't let him sit alone for long.

Xie Xuan led Li Zhiyuan into the door, stood up, brushed off the snow on himself and Li Zhiyuan before bowing to Master Hu, and said with Li Zhiyuan, "I have met Master."

Mr. Hu had met Li Zhiyuan before, so he was quite confident in his heart, but it was the first time he saw Xie Xuan's relaxed manners, and his etiquette was not even half wrong, so he liked it a little more, nodded and said: "Where are you from, my child?" ? How old is it now? Who are the people in the family? What books have you read?"

Xie Xuan looked respectful, bowed his head and replied: "Student Xie Xuan, from Cangzhou, is thirteen years old. He has never taken his name. His late father Xie Zhuo was also a teacher in Cangzhou. The student has been with his father since childhood. I have learned "Children's Learning Qionglin", "Confucius' Family Language", and "Book of Filial Piety" that are often read in ordinary people's homes."

"Father? My condolences." Mr. Hu didn't expect to mention the sad things, so he drank a sip of tea and said, "The number of readings is quite satisfactory, let's take a seat first."

Xie Xuan got Master Hu's instruction, and then took Li Zhiyuan to sit aside.It was getting late, but Li Heng still did not return. Fortunately, Master Hu was satisfied with Xie Xuan, and had a good chat with him, which relieved the embarrassment.When Li Heng and Dai Yue returned to the mansion, it happened that Xie Xuan took Li Zhiyuan to send Master Hu out.

Li Zhiyuan's eyes were sharp, and he recognized the carriage in his house from a distance. As soon as Li Heng got out of the carriage, he shouted to the door: "Daddy is back."

Mr. Hu turned around, and Li Heng had already greeted him. He bowed his hands and said, "Teacher Haihan, something went wrong in the etiquette department today. I really have no skills."

With a smile on his face, Mrs. Hu said straightly: "It's okay, it's okay. I heard that you asked for leave and left Beijing to pick you up to live with you, but this kid from the Xie family?"

"Exactly. Have you talked to your nephew? Why don't you stay and have two cups of hot tea? It just so happens that I brought some specialties from Cangzhou a few days ago. Let's try them together first?"

"There's no need to drink tea. The old man came very early today and just had his meal. Brother, you are also busy recently, so I will save this tea and ask Xie Xuan to bring some over when Luming Academy starts next month." After finishing speaking, he turned to Xie Xuan and said, "The books I mentioned just now are available at your uncle's house. If you're bored these days, you can find them."

Xie Xuan cupped his hands and said solemnly: "Students know, thank you teacher for teaching."

Mr. Hu didn't answer any more, but Li Heng saw Mr. Hu's clear attitude towards Xie Xuan, and the stone in his heart finally fell to the ground. His face showed two points of joy, and he thanked Mr. Hu again and again.

After the master left, Li Heng took the two boys back.

"Daddy came back late today." Li Zhiyuan held Li Heng with one hand and Xie Xuan with the other. "Master has been here for a long time, waiting for Daddy."

"Daddy has some official business today, so it's a bit late. How about it, did the master test your homework today?"

"After taking the test of "Confucius' Family Language" and "Book of Filial Piety", I can memorize it. Master is very happy." Li Zhiyuan answered with pride, but suddenly remembered something, and continued, "Master has tested a lot of things for my brother, and I am very happy." My brother has written an article. My brother is very good, the article must be top-notch, my wife is very happy and praises me again and again."

Li Heng couldn't help but asked, "Oh, how do you know that your brother's writing is good?"

"I know many words in the articles written by my brother, but I can't even read them. Of course it's fine."

Li Hengwen laughed loudly, lightly rubbed Li Zhiyuan's head, and said: "You really..."