Tibet

Chapter 420
Tianbao's 12-year New Year ended in a hustle and bustle, and it was late January again in a blink of an eye.

This morning, in a long corridor of Daming Palace in Chang'an, Li Dai was walking hurriedly. He resigned as the minister of the Ministry of Rites at the end of January last year to serve his father as a filial piety. Going out is also going to the ancestral hall to meet with the tribe.

But today, Gao Lishi invited him to the official room for a talk.

Li Dai went to the door of Gao Li's official room and waited for a while, then a young eunuch came out and said, "Ah, please let me in!"

When Li Ye walked into the official room, Gao Lishi was sitting behind the table reviewing the memorial. This was originally the emperor's business. The emperor Li Longji was addicted to pleasure and threw it all to Gao Lishi.

"See Gao Weng for a lowly position!" Li Dai bowed and saluted.

Gao Lishi smiled and said, "Please sit down, Your Majesty!"

Li Dai sat down, he didn't know what was going to happen, and he was quite disturbed.

"I haven't been out much this year! I haven't heard from the envoy."

Li Dai leaned slightly and said: "Basically, I don't go out in the humble position, I occasionally go to the ancestral hall, and I haven't gone anywhere else."

"Any news about your son?"

"A few months ago, I received a letter from him traveling to Ganzhou in Hexi by flying an eagle. His grandfather in Ganzhou sent someone to deliver it to us. He said that he originally planned to come back in spring, but he probably won't be able to come back in spring. It may take summer to come back. .”

Gao Lishi nodded, "Hezhong Governor's Mansion has just been established, there must be a lot of things, they still have to find a way to solve the military and financial problems, the pressure is very high, understandable."

Li Dai also nodded silently. He believed that Gao Lishi had found him, and he didn't think it would be as simple as just asking about his son.

Gao Lishi turned back to the topic, "The Dingyou period specially approved by the emperor is one year, and it will expire at the end of this month. I asked the emperor for instructions, and the emperor let you continue to serve as the minister of the Ministry of Rites. The current minister of the Ministry of Rites is concurrently held by Wei Jiansu. He will concurrently serve until the end of the month, and on the first day of February, you will be officially reinstated as Minister of Rituals."

Li Dai didn't say a word, Ding You's one year, he felt filial piety is not enough, usually Ding You's three years.

Gao Lishi said indifferently: "The so-called loyalty and filial piety cannot be both. Ding You's one year does not mean unfilial, and Ding You's three years does not mean filial piety. You need to serve the country. There are exceptions in the court system. No one will blame you!"

Li Dai nodded, "Thank you Gao Weng for your care, I will definitely take up the post as scheduled."

"That's it! The letter of appointment from the Zhengshitang will come out soon, you go to the Ministry of Officials to go through the reinstatement procedures."

"Wei Chen retire!"

Li Dai saluted and slowly retreated.

Gao Lishi shook his head secretly. He didn't expect the emperor to remember this incident, so he specially told him that the emperor still cared about Li Ye in the river.

The current rotating prime minister is Zhang Jun. Zhang Jun hurriedly walked into Yang Guozhong's official room, extremely dissatisfied: "What is this called? Now even the minister of the Ministry of Rites has to be appointed by the imperial court. Let's make up the formalities, and the political affairs hall has become a decoration."

Yang Guozhong squinted his eyes and said coldly: "Zhang Xiangguo, be careful that misfortune comes out of your mouth!"

Zhang Jun was immediately discouraged, and said bitterly for a while: "Others have Ding You for three years, but he only needs one year. It's like begging him to return to his post. It really makes people feel dissatisfied!"

"okay!"

Yang Guozhong said impatiently: "Just do whatever the Holy Majesty arranges? Don't talk such useless nonsense all day long. If you are capable, you can collect his evidence and bring him down. I promise to support you!"

"Hmph! I don't believe he has no clue?"

Zhang Jun has a very small mind, and he has always been worried about the fact that Li Linfu caught him. Li Linfu is dead, so he can attack his descendants.

Zhang Jun was not interested in that idiot Li Xiu, he kept his eyes on Li Dai, and only by getting rid of Li Dai and his son Li Ye, could Li Linfu die in peace.

I thought it would be difficult for Li Dai and Ding Ding to return to his post after he was worried, but he didn't expect that just a year later, he came back again, and he was still a high-ranking official like the Minister of Rites, which really made Zhang Jun unbalanced.

Since he couldn't object explicitly, he could only come secretly.

In the backyard of Li Dai's mansion, Dugu Xinyue (that is, Suzaku) is drinking tea and chatting with Pei Sanniang. She came back from Qingcheng Mountain last October. Returned to Chang'an with a tired body.

After returning to Chang'an, she completely took off her Taoist robe and restored her real name Dugu Xinyue. Suzaku was her girlhood name. Once she got married, she would resume her official name.

Maybe it's because of getting married, Dugu Xinyue spends most of her time at home, and when she goes out occasionally, she comes to Li's residence to accompany Pei Sanniang. This is her future mother-in-law, and if she has a good relationship with her, she will have a good life in the future.

"Hey! I'm ashamed to say it. At that time, it was said to be treasure hunting, but in fact it was only a piece of paper away from stealing. After all, it is a house with an owner. If it is not discovered by others, it is called treasure hunting. If it is discovered by the owner, it is called theft."

Dugu Xinyue often talks about treasure hunting stories with Pei Sanniang, and she has always been interested in treasure hunting, but due to various conditions, she can only think about it.

Pei Sanniang said with great interest: "Let me tell you one more thing about treasure hunting. Just four years ago, Ah Ye and I went treasure hunting together. That time we made six hundred coins."

Dugu Xinyue was immediately interested, "Auntie told me, Ah Ye never told me."

"Xinyue, I told you, don't pass it on to him, he might not want to mention it."

Dugu Xinyue nodded again and again, Pei Sanniang was someone who couldn't hide things in her heart, she said in a low voice: "This incident happened when Ye'er first met King Si Ning, there was a second housekeeper in King Si Ning's mansion who hated Ye'er very much, he Spending money to buy a Jiangyang thief with many cases, called Wei Laizi, Wei Laizi wanted to burn our house, but we caught him and handed him over to King Si Ning. King Si Ning feared that his reputation would be affected, so he rode him to death and handed him over to King Si Ning. The government closed the case."

Dugu Xinyue reacted very quickly, and blurted out: "Could it be that Wei Zizi's money has become ownerless?"

"You are very smart!"

Pei Sanniang smiled and said, "Fortunately, I found his address during the interrogation, and then Ye'er and I took action and found Wei Laizi's residence in Changshoufang, and found dozens of taels of gold and silver in an earthen jar under his bed. I can’t remember how much, but it’s worth about six hundred guan.”

"Then Wei Laizi didn't arrange hidden weapons or anything like that? I heard from my master that some masters always have hidden weapons when they protect their property."

Pei Sanniang nodded, "He put a poisonous little snake in the earthen jar, Ye'er didn't understand, so he reached out to dig it out"

"Ah!" Dugu Xinyue covered her mouth and exclaimed, "Did he get bitten?"

Pei Sanniang said triumphantly: "Can this little trick trick me? I stopped Ah Ye and picked out the little snake with my sword."

Dugu Xinyue gave a thumbs up, "Auntie still has experience, if it were me, I would definitely reach out and pick it up."

Pei Sanniang sighed and said: "Experience is not something you learn from nothing, you have learned a lot. I once hunted for treasure and found someone else's town house money, but I was stung by a scorpion placed by the master in advance. Fortunately, I am a doctor, otherwise it would have been miserable." .”

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were talking, when Li Dai came back, Dugu Xinyue hurriedly said goodbye and left.

Seeing that her husband was preoccupied, Pei Sanniang asked, "What happened? What is Gao Lishi looking for from your husband?"

Li Dai sighed and said, "He asked me to end Ding You and continue to serve as the Minister of Rites, saying that it was the emperor's intention."

"Isn't that a good thing?"

Pei Sanniang was puzzled and said: "You don't sleep well every night, and you worry all day long. Isn't it because you are worried that you will lose your official post after Ding You, and now that you are being reinstated, you should be happy. What are you sighing for?"

"Of course it's a good thing for me to return to my original post, and I'm also happy, but I'm afraid he's even more unbalanced over there."

"You still call him big brother?"

Pei Sanniang was suddenly dissatisfied and said, "Who hit you with black eyes last year? I pretended I didn't see it to save face for you. What would happen if I told Ye'er?"

Li Dai hurriedly clapped his hands together and said, "Thank you lady for being considerate of me, but please don't tell Ye'er that elder brother has been treated unfairly, lost his official position, and lost his rank. It's normal for him to be dissatisfied. Let's keep a low profile and stop provoking him." .”

"We can keep a low profile, but if he dares to hit my husband again, don't blame me for being rude to him!"

　It usually takes three years for Ding You to die when his father dies, but if he is an important minister of the court and the court cannot leave him, then the emperor will issue a special order to end Ding You early. This is allowed. For example, Zhang Juzheng ended Ding You early.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)