"Let's go. Once we've agreed, we won't live in prison anymore." Old Wei personally helped Xiao Rui pack his things.
"Don't pack it up. These things belong to Magistrate Liu. I was summoned for questioning all alone. I was arrested without any clothes. How can I have anything to pack?"
Old Wei ignored it and went to clear away the manuscripts on the desk. "You think Liu Rengui is so kind? Have you seen the quality of this paper? The ones used by his county government office are not as good as these. He bought them with his own money." The most expensive one on the market. Just waiting for you to be released from prison so that you can get your calligraphy treasure smoothly."
At this time, the laughter of the county magistrate Liu Rengui came from the corridor of the prison: "Doctor Wei, you have wronged me. I just admire Mr. Xiao. It is a pity that I am so soft-spoken. It is useless to plead with your majesty. I can only do what I can." matter."
Wei Zheng and Xiao Rui turned around and saw Liu Rengui walking over with a middle-aged police officer. It seemed that he had been waiting at the door for a long time.
Xiao Rui smiled: "Did you guess that I will be released from prison today?"
Liu Rengui shook his head and said: "Xiaguan is not a fortune teller, but Doctor Wei came with an imperial edict, that is, His Majesty has made a decision, either use it or kill it. No matter what the arrangement is, Xiaguan will come here."
Wei Zheng sneered and said: "Okay, there is no need to hide your clumsiness. You don't know that your Majesty will never kill anyone..."
"Doctor Wei, can you take pity on me? Leave me two sheets, no, even one. It cost me a month's salary to buy this white paper. In another month, my family of five may have to eat it." I'm living on porridge. If you leave one piece, I can get my money back." Seeing Wei Zheng's hand, Liu Rengui finally couldn't stand it any longer.
Wei Zheng pointedly said: "Return on the money? This one can be sold for at least a hundred taels of silver. Do you want to sell it to make a profit? I will help Mr. Xiao pack it up and take it back."
Xiao Rui looked at the Qipin County Magistrate in front of him, looked back at the shameless old Wei, and said jokingly: "Liu County Magistrate, you provided everything. I scribbled on your white paper. I'm really embarrassed. Ah. But you just watch Doctor Wei snatch your things?"
Um? ? ?
Wei Zheng was stunned, then his face turned red and he spat: "Boy, did you do this on purpose?"
Liu Rengui was also stunned for a moment, and then rushed to the desk in ecstasy, grabbing the draft in Wei Zheng's hand, "Doctor Wei, I would like to thank you for helping me clean up. I can just do this rough work. Someone, someone, someone." , hurry up, help Dr. Wei and Mr. Xiao go back, how can you let the guests work? You don’t have any eyesight..."
Pfft... Xiao Rui really didn't expect that Liu Rengui was as shameless as Lao Wei. Listen to this?
Capt. Xing and the other prison chiefs understood each other, and hurriedly swarmed up, instantly surrounding Old Wei, and then walked out of the prison without any explanation. Xiao Rui followed behind and laughed loudly, Old Wei, Old Wei, this is their territory, so what if you are a high official in the court? No one is afraid of you.
On the way back, Xiao Rui asked seriously: "Isn't this Liu Rengui good, Old Wei? He's not even afraid of you. How about transferring him to Yushitai?"
Wei Zheng smiled, "I knew you were attracted to him, and you just cooperated with the test. You finally raised the status of the Yushitai, especially the Sixth Office, which is a living sign. But if you are not there, I'm afraid no one can take on the big responsibility. Now it's fine, it's him. But you have to tell His Majesty about this matter, after all, Liu Rengui is the person promoted by His Majesty."
Xiao Rui nodded: "No problem, I'll tell you. Were you really just cooperating with my acting just now? Why do I feel like you just covet my few words?"
Wei Zheng rolled his eyes and said, "Stop talking nonsense. In order to let you come out early, I ran up and down. If you don't write two words for me to make up for it, you kid can't even think about leaving."
"Okay, okay, I'll have someone deliver it to you later."
Wei Zheng had to go on business, so Xiao Rui went home directly.
In the palace, Li Er's head was as big as a bucket. Song Guogong Xiao Yu and Grand Secretary Nong Su Dan came together to plead for Xiao Rui.
Especially Su Tan, who looked like he was going to kill the Golden Palace, "Your Majesty, Xiao Rui is proficient in agriculture and engineering, especially his views on farming, which Weichen has only seen in his life. With him in charge of Sinong Temple, Weichen dares to assert that the three Our grain production can increase by 10% within this year. It is very inappropriate to transfer him away from Sinong Temple. Your Majesty, think twice..."
Xiao Yu also echoed: "What Great Sinong said is reasonable, and I agree. Even if you don't serve in Sinong Temple, you shouldn't go to Youzhou to herd horses. Xiao Rui's improved papermaking technology has not yet been successfully tested, and it will affect the future of the Tang Dynasty for thousands of years." The rise and fall of literature cannot be left behind by him."
Of course, he couldn't just say that he was reluctant to leave his son to travel far away. As a prime minister, he always had to have a reasonable explanation.
When the chamberlain Lao Gao saw Li Er's difficulty, he had already asked someone to quietly notify Xiao Rui to enter the palace. Poor Xiao Rui had just gotten home, took a shower and changed clothes, and before he could rest for a while, he was invited to the palace.
"Father, Da Sinong, please don't embarrass Your Majesty. Rui went to Youzhou voluntarily."
Xiao Rui's voice sounded, Li Er's eyes lit up, and he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Xiao Yu looked back at his son in surprise, but did not speak. He was not suitable to speak. Su Dan, the chief agricultural officer next to him, asked puzzledly: "Master Xiao, why? At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, the national treasury was empty and money and food were in short supply. You are proficient in farming and should devote all your efforts to promoting agriculture. Why do you have to go to Youzhou to herd horses? ?”
Xiao Rui glanced at the emperor without any trace, and thought to himself, if this guy hadn't tricked me, would I be willing to run into the ice and snow? The emperor pretended not to see it.
"Alas, the matter of food cannot be accomplished overnight. With you here, Da Si Nong, Rui believes that you can do better than me. Nowadays, the Turks are powerful in the north. If we, the Tang Dynasty, cannot defeat the Turks and avenge our humiliation, others will not let us feel at ease. Develop agriculture. The Youzhou horse administration is related to the success or failure of the war against the Turks. If we do it well, many people will die less in future wars."
But……
Da Sinong still wanted to say something, but Xiao Rui came closer and whispered for a while. The other party stood stunned on the spot, and then he was overjoyed, bowed and left Li Er, and stopped entangled. Li Er and Xiao Yu were confused. What did Xiao Rui say to Da Sinong? Is it so easy to persuade?
With Da Sinong gone, the rest will be easy to handle. Li Er said with a smile: "Brother Shi Wen, this kid Xiao Rui has the most independent opinions. Just listen to him. If the kid wants to do something, let's be the elders. It’s the right thing to support.”
I... Xiao Yu was speechless. Call me Brother Shi Wen? As a son or daughter? So what can I say?
Xiao Rui gave him a big eye roll: "As long as you remember that promise. Come on, Dad, I haven't slept in two days, can we go home?"
The father and son bowed and left. Li Er was confused. What did this kid say? What promise? When did I give you a promise?
It turns out that the promise of getting another wife was made up by Lao Wei himself. As for defrauding Xiao Rui? Or is it selfish for my daughter, haha, it’s hard to say.
Back home, Mrs. Xiao heard that her son had made great achievements, but was being sent to the bitter cold land of Youzhou. She was so distressed that she wiped her tears, "Aren't you engaged to the princess? The wedding will be in three months, so I went to Youzhou." What about the state wedding?”
Xiao Rui smiled and comforted: "Mom, Xiangcheng is still young, and the child is not in a hurry to get married. It is the time to make achievements and build a career. As for the wedding, just postpone it."
Xiao Yu sighed: "Son, going to the border to be an official now is different from when you went to study. Alas... I don't know what you discussed with your majesty as a father. But your majesty is right. When you grow up, you have your own way. You have to go. Get ready. In three days, your father will hold a coming-of-age ceremony for you."
Coming of age ceremony? And this thing? Xiao Rui just remembered, it seems that yes, there is indeed a coming-of-age ceremony in ancient times. On this day, you will be crowned and given a cousin. In the future, when you go out, people will call you a cousin instead of calling you by name directly. It is rude to call you by name. .
Many elders or peers, when addressing minors who do not have a nickname, do not call them by their first names, but by their nicknames. Even if they are called rankings, they are not called by their first names.
For example, Cao Cao's nickname is Ah Ma, and Xiao Rui's younger brother Xiao Yue is called Erlang.
