Although Li Dabao doesn't know kung fu, he can fight like a tiger with his powerful punches.
In just a few breaths, the two servants were beaten until their noses were bruised and their faces were swollen, and they screamed repeatedly.
Li Dabao still felt uneasy, so he untied his belt and pulled it on the two of them.
"You bastard, you still dare to bully others?"
"I'll beat you to death!"
After about a stick of incense, the two servants were already covered with whip marks, and they looked even more miserable than Zhao Yu.
Li Dabao then stopped and looked at Zhao Yu with an apologetic expression:
"I'm sorry, brother, my subordinates are ignorant. I, Li Dabao, apologize to you."
As he spoke, he took out a gold ingot from his arms and stuffed it into Zhao Yu's arms without any explanation.
"Brother, don't be too little, this is my offer, you have to accept it!"
"this……"
Zhao Yu never dreamed that things would develop to this situation.
He looked at Yang Dong blankly, and when he saw the other party nodded slightly, he accepted the gold ingot.
When Li Dabao saw this, he immediately beamed. He held Zhao Yu's arm and said affectionately:
"Brother, you don't know something. I, Li Dabao, like eating and drinking the most in my life. If you are free, come and sit at my house after you get hurt."
"I have a bottle of old daughter's red. The taste, tsk tsk... most people can't taste it!"
Zhao Yu seemed a little unaccustomed to Li Dabao's enthusiasm, but he still gritted his teeth and tried his best to get along with him.
In fact, being an official is not as selfless as ordinary people imagine.
Once you enter officialdom, you need to abide by the unspoken rules of officialdom. What kind of connections, hospitality...
In short, although Zhao Yu hates these things, he understands that he can only get used to them now.
Maybe one day he can change this trend, but not now.
Yang Dong looked at these two people holding hands and talking loudly, with the corners of his mouth raised slightly.
This boy, I saw it right, he is a good piece of material.
"Since the head of the Li family is so cooperative, let's let this matter go. I still have important matters to attend to, so I will return to Beijing first."
Yang Dong said, turned around and was about to leave. Just after taking two steps, he suddenly seemed to think of something, turned around again, looked at Li Dabao with a simple and honest face and said:
"Master Li, although your Li family has chosen to commit crimes this time, you have offended Long Yan after all. Therefore, your third uncle may have to retire and return home."
When Li Dabao heard this, he immediately nodded with pity on his face, but no one noticed that a gleam flashed in his eyes.
"My third uncle is solely responsible for all this."
"It's up to you how to deal with it. My Li family has no say in it."
…
royal palace,
In the study,
The empress was still sitting at her desk, reviewing the memorials meticulously.
Qingniao served beside him silently, but his eyes were slightly lost in thought.
"Qingniao, how is the progress of the land distribution policy now?"
"..."
"Bluebird?"
"Ah, Your Majesty, atone for your sins! This subordinate is a little distracted..."
Qingniao shook his head slightly, lowered his head and confessed.
"Absent? What were you thinking just now?"
The empress frowned and asked.
"My subordinate is thinking...thinking about things in the capital."
Qingniao had no intention of hiding anything and continued:
"Your Majesty, counting the days, more than ten years have passed now. But where is Xiao Dongzi! He just came up with a policy of allocating fields, and then disappeared. Now he has gone to the suburbs of Beijing. I don't know when he will come back. "
"Your Majesty, do you really trust him so much?"
When the empress heard this, she did not answer immediately, but sighed softly.
"well……"
"Blue Bird, there are not many people I can trust, and you are one of them. I ask you, if you were the emperor, what would you do in the face of the current situation in Great Zhou?"
When Qingniao heard this, he was immediately frightened and fell to his knees with a plop.
"Your Majesty is joking!"
"My subordinates are just His Majesty's bodyguards. How can I know how to govern a country?"
"Look, even you are like this, who can I rely on?"
The empress smiled bitterly and stepped forward to lift the blue bird from the ground. She looked out the window and murmured:
"Do I have a choice?"
"Every one of you is unwilling to tell the truth in front of me."
"Whether I did something right or wrong, no one has ever really pointed it out!"
"Above the court, those ministers are deceitful and deceitful. They are the pillars of the country, but they only care about their own petty profits!"
"Whatever I have in mind, the Ministry of Revenue will tell me that people's livelihood is in decline and the national treasury is empty!"
"But! If you look at the palace, which minister is not full of fat? Who is not extremely wealthy?"
Having said this, the empress sighed quietly, turned around and sat on the edge of the collapse.
"So, I have no choice."
"I even feel that the entire court is my enemy!"
"Even though I am the emperor, I still feel a deep sense of powerlessness."
"His Majesty……"
Blue Bird's eyes were red, and he stepped forward and handed over a handkerchief.
"Your Majesty has been struggling in recent years, and your subordinates see it. It's just that... my subordinates are incompetent and cannot share your Majesty's worries."
"I know, and I have never blamed you."
The empress picked up the handkerchief and wiped the wet corners of her eyes.
"Blue Bird, do you know?"
"Although Xiaodongzi acts out of the blue, the thoughts in his head are also different from ordinary people."
"But his biggest characteristic is that he doesn't regard me as me. Do you understand?"
The blue bird nodded slightly,
She understood what the empress meant, but this was exactly what she was worried about.
Dazhou is the Dazhou of the Ji family.
Her mission is to protect Ji Ziyue, the bloodline of the Ji family.
But what if one day, Dazhou's surname is not Ji, but Yang?
Although it is too early to think about this now, Qingniao, as Ji Ziyue's bodyguard and also the guardian of the Ji family, understands that some things are her mission.
"Qingniao, do you think I am not suitable to be emperor?"
"How about... I pass this throne to Xiao Dongzi, and then you and I can travel around the world?"
Upon hearing this suggestion, Qingniao's little heart trembled hard.
How could she not want to wander around the world with His Majesty?
At that time, Your Majesty will be yours alone...
But soon, Qingniao regained his composure.
"Your Majesty, this must not be done!"
"Although Xiaodongzi is somewhat capable, he cannot support the king of a country."
"Besides, this great Zhou Dynasty was conquered by the Ji family's ancestors after they sacrificed their blood and fire. By doing this, Your Majesty may not be able to explain to the Ji family's ancestors."
"Oh... I just said it casually."
"Don't worry, I know what's going on."
The empress nodded slightly, and at this moment, the voice of a palace maid came from outside the door.
"Your Majesty, Manager Yang would like to see you."
"Xiao Dongzi, he's back!"
The empress' eyes brightened slightly, and she stood up from the soft couch.
"Quick, let him in!"
