After sending someone to deliver the certificate of appointment to Ma Zhou, Li Zexuan sat alone in the study and closed his eyes in meditation.
Based on some complexes of modern people, he used to want to be a big landowner, so he was very happy every time he got a fief, and he would manage his fief very seriously, such as Hanjiazhuang, Meicun, Liujiazhuang, etc.
When he saw that every household in the fiefdom had adequate food and clothing and lived and worked in peace and contentment, Li Zexuan felt filled with a sense of accomplishment. But now Li Er has dumped a mess as big as Qingzhou on him, which makes Li Zexuan not only have no sense of accomplishment, but also feel extremely tired!
After all, there are too many issues to consider when governing a state, let alone a poor frontier place like Qingzhou. Li Zexuan didn't major in management at university, so it's normal to feel uncomfortable when he suddenly received such a big deal!
But fortunately, he has Ma Zhou, the future prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, to help him, otherwise he might not have any countermeasures for the emergency situation in Qingzhou now!
"Master Marquis, this is a letter from Qizhou! Please read it!"
While he was deep in thought, Pang Feiji's voice suddenly came from outside the door. Li Zexuan suddenly came back to his senses. His heart moved and he said in a deep voice: "Come in!"
"yes!"
With a "squeak", Pang Feiji pushed the door in from the outside, and then carefully closed the door. After everything was done, Pang Feiji held a lacquered envelope in both hands and quickly came to Li Zexuan and said: "Hou Sir, it’s a letter from the Qizhou Governor’s Office!”
"Qizhou Governor's Office? Wang Renbiao? Show it to me!"
Li Zexuan was stunned and said quickly.
Although Wang Renbiao came from a noble family, he did not have the bad habits of those children from noble families who were unruly and unruly. He got along very well with Li Zexuan! Moreover, in the recent battle at Longmen Pass, if Wang Renbiao had not risked impeachment and recruited elite soldiers and generals to come to the rescue in time, Longmen Pass might have been defeated directly, and Li Zexuan, who was seriously injured at the time, might also have died. Under the iron hooves of the Turkic wolf cavalry!
This is a real life-saving grace, not to mention that before this incident, the relationship between Li Zexuan and Wang Renbiao was already very good! Therefore, when he heard the letter from the Qizhou Governor's Mansion, Li Zexuan was still very happy!
Taking the envelope from Pang Feiji, Li Zexuan quickly opened it and read it carefully. On the letter paper were lines of beautiful small seal characters. As the saying goes, people are like their words, but looking at these delicate words, you know that this letter is definitely not Written by a man.
Looking at the content of the letter, it turns out that it was not written by a man:
"In the early days of Jingchu, the daughter of the people paid homage to the Marquis. She has not seen him for more than a month. However, the daughter of the people still heard about the Marquis's actions of going north to destroy the locusts and ambushing the Turkic national masters. The Marquis was brave and brave, just like Li Guang in the Han Dynasty, which made people laugh. Admire…”
The letter started with a greeting, but it also revealed the identity of the person who wrote the letter. It was Li Jingchu, not Wang Renbiao as Li Zexuan expected!
This made Li Zexuan couldn't help but wonder, secretly wondering why Li Jingchu wrote to him? Because there has never been a direct intersection between him and Li Jingchu, they were all indirect through Wang Renbiao! Could it be that something happened to Wang Renbiao? After all, according to official history, Wang Renbiao died of illness while in office!
Thinking of this, Li Zexuan's heart suddenly sank. He quickly skipped the beginning of the letter and started reading directly.
"...On the sixth day of July, the eldest princess and the governor Wang came to Qizhou. Renbiao mentioned my marriage to the eldest princess. The eldest princess was furious when she heard about it. She claimed that the legitimate son of the Wang family, how could he fall in love with a commoner's daughter? She ordered Renbiao severed ties with me, but Renbiao refused. The eldest princess ordered the generals in the palace to expel me from the governor's house. Renbiao objected, but his filial piety was greater than heaven. He could not openly contradict the eldest princess, so he could only beg in every possible way and reluctantly protected me;
In order not to make things difficult for me, I quietly left Yongzhou City alone that night. After my father was killed by an adulterer, I no longer cared much about love affairs, but I showed pity for you. You had sacrificed so much for me before and avenged my father's murder. I am not a golden stone, how can I do that? Not emotional
I had thought that I was not worthy of the eldest son of the Wang family, and I had also expected that Renbiao and I would have many difficulties in the future. But when things came to pass, the determination of the eldest princess and the governor Wang was beyond what Renbiao and I expected. I know that in this life It is impossible to step into the Wang family and think that as long as Renbiao can be happy, I will be content. I thought I would be able to resolve this turmoil after I left Yongcheng, but who knew that a few days ago, I heard rumors that Renbiao was seriously ill and bedridden again!
I was extremely worried and returned to Yongxian County again. I wanted to visit the Governor's Mansion, but I was turned away by the eldest princess's people. With no choice, I found the old housekeeper next to Renbiao, and used the name of the Governor's Office to write to the Marquis! The Marquis is Renbiao's best friend in his life. Renbiao usually respects the Houye very much. The daughter of the people does not expect the Houye to let the peasant girl and Renbiao sleep together and fly together. She only hopes that the Houye can enlighten Renbiao and help her resolve her happiness. Knot, get well soon!
Here’s to Li Jingchu, a citizen’s daughter! "
After reading the letter, Li Zexuan couldn't help but look solemn. He thought to himself: What was supposed to come has indeed come!
When he first learned that Wang Renbiao was madly in love with Li Jingchu, Li Zexuan expected that the top brass of the Wang family would strongly oppose the marriage. At that time, Wang Renbiao expressed his position to him, saying that even if he was expelled from the Wang family because of Li Jingchu, he would be willing to do so. Just find another way to make a living!
But who would have thought that now Wang Renbiao was so angry that Princess Tongan was so angry that he was bedridden, and it seemed that he was currently under house arrest. Otherwise, he would have gone out to chase Li Jingchu after she left Yongcheng.
In addition, at Longmen Pass, Leng Yuyao, who came with Wang Renbiao, secretly mentioned to Li Zexuan that the elders of the Wang family already knew about Wang Renbiao and Li Jingchu. At that time, Li Zexuan didn't take it to heart because when he wanted to come, After all, Wang Yu is also the head of the Wang family. No matter how poisoned the tiger is, he can't eat the seeds. At most, it will deprive the Wang family of some of the political resources they invested in Wang Renbiao, so that Wang Renbiao will not be able to continue to have smooth sailing in the officialdom in the future. But who would have thought that this old man The couple wanted to kill their son!
In the final analysis, he still overestimated the importance of family affection in aristocratic families and underestimated the indifference of those people!
"You go out first! I'll reply to the letter! Call Xiaoxi to come in and polish the ink!"
After a long silence, Li Zexuan raised his head and gave instructions.
"Yes! Mr. Hou!"
Pang Feiji bowed and accepted the order.
As soon as he walked out, there was a "Hey" sound, and the study door was pushed open again, but it was Han Yuxi who walked in holding a tea cup.
"Ms. sir, I just heard that you wanted to write a letter. How about I come and grind the ink for you?"
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