Bianshanhan [farming]

Fang is checking the clothes of everyone in the house, and cut off any red ones. During the funeral, although it is strictly forbidden to have fun and marriage for three months, she heard from the neighbors that the clothes she wears and the decorations at home have nothing to do with it. You have to be more careful.

As soon as the door was closed, Li Qingwen told the story of seeing Su Shuqing, and the excitement in his words was self-evident.

Li Qingrui and the others were also happy. No matter what, Jiang Cong and the others' affairs were finally on the horizon. It was a pity to take out the money, but the money could be earned again in the future. It was not so easy to get rid of the crime.

However, their concerns were the same as Li Qingwen's. They were worried that what Su Shuqing said was just his one-sided words. Although more than 2 taels of silver seemed dazzling to them, to the imperial court, this amount of money might be just a drop in the bucket.

Will they really open the door for these tens of thousands of taels of silver?

Li Qingzhuo knows more about this. The first emperor has been seriously ill these years, led by the various princes, and the factional disputes are serious. Each of them wants to gather money and people into his own pile. Coupled with the corruption of officials, the treasury has been empty , Therefore, there was a catastrophe in Bingzhou, and the court did nothing.

Now the court is poor, the people are poor, and it is the various forces that are full of food and drink. However, the new emperor is about to ascend the throne, and there is nothing to say next.

Although Li Qingzhuo hadn't made any friends in the past few years in Beijing, he was surrounded by sons of powerful families. When he listened to their gossip, he could know a lot of things, and his master would tell him.

He felt that what Su Shuqing said was true, and felt that it was of great importance, so he sent a letter to the Lin family and waited for news from the teacher at home.

Li Qingwen dug out the boxes, no matter if they were yellow or white, counting them one by one.

After listening to them talk for a long time, Fang realized that the money was donated for Jiang Cong and the child's father. They were happy at first, and then kept crying. Relying on the money sent over from the border town to support his family, Li Qingwen had to spend all the money he earned for nothing...

This, what is this called? !

Seeing that she was crying out of breath, Li Qingwen comforted her, "Sister-in-law, most of the money here is earned from the things Brother Jiang and the others got. I just run errands for them and sell the money, and then keep the money."

"You don't need to comfort me, I'm not a three-year-old child." Fang said while wiping away tears, "If they had that ability, how could they have lived such a virtuous life in the past?"

Li Qingwen said: "Sister-in-law, in fact, our family used to not have enough to eat all year round..."

Fang didn't believe it at all, and Li Qingrui and others were chattering about the hard times in the past. Although each man was stupid, he didn't tell lies, "My brother's clothes were picked up by my mother before he got married. Clothes sewn from sacks, my sister-in-law came in, and I wore those clothes again."

"When we were young, we were so hungry that we ran to villages dozens of miles away to steal apricots and were chased by dogs for several ditches..."

"I went out to ask for food three times since I was a child. My grandma said that I am a rarity because I am young, and I ask for more things than others every time."

Sentence by sentence, Fang's tears were forced to disappear, "Then your past life was too miserable."

After everyone interrupted, Li Qingwen quickly closed the box and put it under the bed in the next room. The two children of the Jiang family didn't dare to sit on the bed anymore, their buttocks couldn't stand it anymore.

Even if the sky falls, Li Qingwen still has to read and practice calligraphy under Li Qingzhuo's nose, and because he was delayed yesterday, he has to make up for it today.

Li Qingwen took out a pen from the bag next to him while muttering about endorsing the book, only to find that his brush was bald.

Good guy, it's only been a few days since he came to the capital, and he's already used up two pens.

Li Qingwen got up to get his second brother's bag, and found that there were seven brushes in it, five of which were not cheap at first glance, with sharp edges, full noses, and exquisite pictures engraved on the barrel, which he could not afford to use .

These five pens are placed here, and the old bag and the other two pens are particularly shabby.

Li Qingwen didn't dare to take it, so he picked up one of the other two and practiced calligraphy while memorizing, so he could save some time.

After he finished his homework, Li Qingzhuo came over to check, and Li Qingwen asked, "Second brother, whose pens are those?"

"People from our academy." Li Qingzhuo glanced at him and said.

When he first started washing pens in the academy, someone threw them over. After he finished washing, no one came to claim them, and no one gave him money. He didn't remember who it belonged to, so he just kept it.

During the mourning period, work was not affected. A few carpenters came to the small building, and they brought in the wood and began to tinkle to work. The iron pot was also ordered, and it took a while to complete it.

Li Qingwen waited for a whole month full of anticipation. The small building on the second floor was arranged in various ways, the new emperor's enthronement ceremony was completed, the city gate was opened, the country name was changed, and there was no movement from Su Shuqing's side...

Immediately after the city gate opened, they received Jiang Cong's report of safety from the dock. Li Qingwen also asked someone to tell Jiang Cong about this important matter...but there was no news from Su Shuqing for a long time.

Li Qingwen turned the pages of the book with a rattling sound, thinking, this matter will not be left as it is.

As a result, the next day, before dawn, Su Shuqing came, and with him was a young man who was yawning profusely.

People from the Li family gathered around, Li Qingzhuo was stunned when he saw the young man beside Su Shuqing, and called out, "Brother, Happy Chinese New Year."

"Junior Brother Li." Yang Xie wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes, "Yanzhi came to tell me about this matter, I guessed it was related to you, and I guessed right."

In other words, it was Su Shuqing's signature.

Yang Xie was also Lin Weisheng's disciple, but he didn't study with his master for too long. Relying on his prominent family background, he entered the Ministry of Criminal Justice early. If it wasn't for Jiang Cong's case, when Lin Weisheng introduced them to each other, Li Qingzhuo might not have known this senior brother.

Li Qingwen looked at Su Shuqing, and asked nervously and expectantly: "How is it?"

Su Shuqing said: "You come with us."

Without saying yes or no, Li Qingwen felt uneasy and hurried to get the money.

Li Qingrui asked if they could follow, Yang Xie said to Li Qingzhuo: "Let's go together, junior brother."

"I can't go out." Li Qingzhuo said calmly, "Years ago, I was forbidden to go out for obstructing the imperial army's arrest."

Yang Xie froze for a moment, then frowned and said, "Who gave the order to the imperial army?"

Li Qingzhuo shook his head, "I don't recognize it, but I have a token."

"I'll go back and find out." Yang Xie patted Li Qingzhuo's shoulder, "Let them let you go if it's nothing serious."

"Thank you, brother, you have bothered about my brother and Jiang Cong." Li Qingzhuo said.

A group of people loaded the gold and silver utensils into the car, Li Qingzhuo called Li Qingwen aside, and said softly: "Su Shuqing is trustworthy, go to the household department and listen to him more."

The letter he sent to the Lin family has already returned. Lin Weisheng knew Su Shuqing, and the letter also said that if he was willing to make connections, this matter would be much easier.

Li Qingwen was taken aback, nodded again and again, and then he and Li Qingrui walked away with Su Shuqing and Yang Xie.

In the car, Su Shuqing gave the paperwork to Li Qingwen. Li Qingwen looked at the last pile of names carefully from the beginning to the end, Jiang Cong and the others could not be left alone.

"Don't ask too many questions when you go there." Su Shuqing rubbed his temples and warned, "If you ask them, they will only go around in circles, as long as they stamp the seal of the Ministry of Household Affairs."

Li Qingwen stared closely at his face, and confirmed: "It's still enough for 28 taels, can my brother and the others be exonerated?"

"No one can guarantee this, anything can happen during this period." Su Shuqing said: "If everything goes well, it will come true as you wish."

Li Qingwen felt that these words were just to confuse his eyes. He wanted to continue to ask, but his elder brother pulled his sleeve.

All the way to the gate of the inner city, everyone came down to check, and when they got into the car again, Li Qingwen realized that it was Yang Xie who was driving the car, and Su Shuqing closed his eyes and rested in the car.

Because Li Qingwen had something on his mind, he didn't have the time to look around. He only saw that there were more officers and soldiers on the side of the road than in the outer city. The surrounding was quiet, and the sound of horseshoes stepping on the bluestone slab was unusually crisp.

He counted two thousand, 330, and five in his mind, and the carriage stopped at a small gate.

"It's more convenient to check through the front door than the back door." Su Shuqing said.

This time, Li Qingwen and his brothers didn't need to do anything, just followed Su Shuqing inside, and the officers and soldiers carried the boxes.

There were a lot of people coming and going in the yamen, Su Shuqing walked quickly without encountering any obstacles, Yang Xun was at the back, and said: "Aren't we talking about business, what are we doing in the warehouse?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Su Shuqing had already knocked on the door. Li Qingwen looked up, and sure enough, he saw the word "warehouse" written on the door plaque, and there was a sign next to it that said "the warehouse is an important place, no idlers can get near it".

Li Qingwen was a little dazed, this, this hasn't been said that he is ugly and Yinmao, so he has to hand over the money first?

At this time, the door opened, and a man who looked like a servant ushered them in.

The outside says warehouse, but there are long tables and benches inside, thick and tall files and ledgers are all on the table, and a few people are still writing something.

Sitting behind the table next to the window was a middle-aged man with a big belly. He was wearing a scarlet official robe embroidered with birds and wearing a fish bag. Li Qingwen heard from Lao Zhang that such a dress would at least be above rank five.

Sure enough, Su Shuqing bowed and said, "Master Yu Shilang, these two are the brothers from the Li family who donated money to the exiles in the border town."

Yang Xun also saluted, "My lord, Yang Xun from the Ministry of Criminal Justice was ordered to come to assist."

Yu Shilang nodded to Yang Xun first, said "hard work", and then turned his attention to Li Qingwen and his brothers.

Li Qingrui pulled Li Qingwen to salute, Yu Shilang waved his hand, looked at Su Shuqing, "Your Sixth Uncle nodded?"

Su Shuqing said with a serious face: "Master of the Ministry of Punishment said that the imperial court is in a difficult time, and should help the people in the same boat, and agree to accept donations."

Yu Shilang nodded, took the documents handed over by Su Shuqing, checked them carefully, and the officers and soldiers counted and weighed the gold and silver brought in and reported the number.

Li Qingwen stared at Yu Shilang's movements, his palms were wet with sweat, and when he saw the big scarlet seal on him, his hanging heart finally fell to the ground.