The best county magistrate

Chapter 183 Night Talk in the Imperial Study Room

Zhao Yanli entered the imperial study and saw Yang Xuanchen kneeling on the ground. He couldn't help but cover his mouth and sneered, and then he hit the tea lid on his forehead.

"You still have the nerve to smile! Go aside and stand!"

Emperor Jianwen was a little angry and confused at this moment. He came to his senses and called Zhao Yanli, who was hiding aside and thinking about his mistakes, to come closer.

"You came to the Imperial Study Room so late to say hello, right?"

"If you fart, let it go quickly, it will make you angry if you look at it!"

Zhao Yanli greeted Emperor Jianwen honestly, and then said: "Father, I am here to see if the teacher is injured."

As he spoke, he took out a portion of the golden sore medicine from his arms.

Injuried?

Emperor Jianwen took a closer look at Yang Xuanchen and found that his hands were dark red, as if he had been injured, so he asked him to open his palms and take a look.

"Tonight at Zuiyue Tower, I saw General Song Guangcheng, the right guard, almost killed the teacher with his sword..."

As Zhao Yanli told everything that happened in Zuiyue Tower, Emperor Jianwen's brows became more and more furrowed.

"Xuan Chen, open your palms and have a look with me."

As he spoke, Emperor Jianwen walked up to Yang Xuanchen from behind the case and took a closer look.

The tiger's mouth was cracked and the skin on the knuckles was broken. The injuries were not serious, but the pain was unbearable if the fingers were connected to the heart. However, there was no abnormal color on Yang Xuanchen's face, which was rare for his character.

After sending two palace maids to apply gold sore medicine to Yang Xuanchen and bandage it briefly, Emperor Jianwen asked, "Do you have any grudge against Song Guangcheng?"

"Your Majesty, I have never met General Song, let alone have any grudges." Yang Xuanchen replied and stopped talking.

Of course there is no grudge against him anymore, but he did have a grudge against Song Guangxin when he first took office as the magistrate of Qingshui County, but that kind of nonsense shouldn't make a minister hate him for so long.

The imperial study room fell into silence, no one spoke, and everyone was thinking about their own things.

Emperor Jianwen frowned. He couldn't figure out why Song Guangcheng's sword cut down. Is there any ulterior secret behind it?

Song Guangcheng is usually a relatively peaceful person, and there are no flaws in You Yiwei's training and management, nor is he particularly close to anyone, which is really surprising.

If Song Guangxin and Yang Xuanchen had a grudge, that would be understandable, but it would be a bit intriguing for Song Guangcheng to do the killing.

Aren't there rumors that the two brothers don't get along? Could it be that this is just what they want people to see, not the actual situation.

It seems like we need to send someone to check.

Thinking of this, Emperor Jianwen stopped thinking about it and started another topic.

"You two are just messing around today, as long as nothing serious happens to you."

"When Yanli's guard returned to the palace to report, he said that there were Nanman spies sneaking into Shangjing City. Is this true?"

Yang Xuanchen frowned, sorted out his words, and said slowly: "Your Majesty, judging from the current situation, this matter is extremely possible!"

Emperor Jianwen uttered a question, and his eyes signaled him to continue.

"The Xie family, a wealthy merchant family in the capital, is hosting a banquet for Prince Jing and all your lords today at Zuiyue Tower. The theater troupe is invited by Xie Tianhua from the Xie family to add to the fun."

"The eldest prince has just mentioned all the crimes committed by this troupe, so I won't go into details."

"While arresting everyone in the troupe, I discovered that at least five of them have the strength of the heavenly realm."

"Those five people all used short swords. I heard from Yang Zhen that the Baiyue clan of the Southern Barbarians is good at using short swords. I thought I could conduct an in-depth investigation."

Speaking of this, Emperor Jianwen couldn't help but touch his chin and murmured, "Baiyue clan..."

"Fortunately, the left and right guards arrived in time, the people were only a little frightened, and the Southern Barbarian troupe was all captured in a short time."

"Master Jiang and the people from the Six Gates should be interrogating now..."

Yang Xuanchen saw that Emperor Jianwen had some doubts, so he added a few words.

"Okay, no matter whether this matter has anything to do with the Southern Barbarian spies or not, don't get involved blindly. Your main task is to teach the eldest prince and princess well." Emperor Jianwen reminded.

He didn't want Yang Xuanchen to wade into this troubled waters prematurely. Not to mention his brother Prince Jing, the ministers attending the banquet alone were more than Yang Xuanchen could handle at the moment.

Jiang Li was not worried. Instead, he hoped that the government office could find out something, preferably by pulling out the carrot and bringing out the mud. In this case, something could start to work.

On the other hand, Yang Xuanchen breathed a long sigh of relief after hearing this.

As long as Emperor Jianwen doesn't blame him, he, a fourth-grade official, can still hang out for a while, so why not teach the princes and princesses to read? This is not a piece of cake.

Yang Xuanchen couldn't hold back the corners of his mouth when he thought of those cool stories he read in his previous life, in which the male protagonist took the prince and the prince to Goulan to listen to music all day long.

"Yes, I obey the order." Yang Xuanchen said, bowing his head and suppressing the corners of his mouth that could not be suppressed.

"Take peace of mind these days and don't cause any trouble for me."

Emperor Jianwen gave a kind warning, and then said: "At the great meeting on the seventh day of the lunar month, I will reward the officials who have excelled in last year's exams."

"Although you have become a young master, your achievements in Qingshui County still need to be commended. You should make preparations in the next few days."

"Oh, by the way, your fiefdom cannot live without a county magistrate for a day. You draw up a list and I will ask the people from the Ministry of Civil Affairs to make arrangements for you later."

I blanch it, is this a good thing?

When he thought that Qingshui County would truly have the final say in the future, Yang Xuanchen couldn't help feeling ecstatic in his heart.

"I accept the decree!"

Emperor Jianwen waved his hand, "Okay, both of you, please step aside. I'm a little tired too."

After Yang Xuanchen and Zhao Yanli retreated, Concubine Shu, Concubine Xian and Wang Tieshan came out from behind the screen in the imperial study.

"It's only been one day, and the kid Yanli has changed his gender. It seems that the beating he received in the morning was not in vain." Emperor Jianwen said with a smile.

Concubine Xian gave a squeak and then said: "It's not like I'm hitting you. Do you know that hitting a child hurts the mother's heart!"

"Have Yanli never received such a beating since he was a child?"

"And Yang Xuanchen also took Yanli to the fireworks place, saying he was going to listen to music. Who knows if he will lead him astray in the future."

She really didn't like Yang Xuanchen very much, but now that Emperor Jianwen had made a decision, the most she could do was complain to express her dissatisfaction.

Emperor Jianwen let out a long sigh and started talking to himself.

"Okay, okay, I feel bad too, but the three of us were busy fighting all day long when the children were still young, and we had too little discipline for them."

"After finally establishing the country, life is getting better. I want to compensate my two children, but they have developed a bad temper."

"Lao Zhan, Grand Master Murong, and the doctors at Jixia Academy can't teach him well. Why don't we let that boy Yang try for a few more days."

"Sister, let Xuan Chen handle the matter of disciplining Yan Li. Xue'er also suffered a lot in Qingshui County, and she is much better now." Concubine Shu comforted her.

At this time, Wang Tieshan stroked his beard and said: "Little girl Xiao, don't worry so much. A man is useless if he doesn't fight!"

"Look at this kid Tianjian, he has been beaten by us since he was a child, and now he can sit on this dragon throne."

After hearing this, Emperor Jianwen picked up the tea cup and pretended to drink tea to cover up his embarrassment.

You old man, why don’t you mention the old sesame and rotten millet thing?

Concubine Shu and Concubine Xian couldn't help but giggle when they thought of the past when Emperor Jianwen was beaten violently.

"The boy is about to leave the palace at this moment. The old man will go take a look first."

Before leaving the house, Wang Tieshan turned his head and said something to each of the two noble concubines.

"Girl Fu, let someone tell Jiang Li that the people in the troupe are not from the Baiyue family. I think they are probably from the Yong family."

"Little girl Xiao, let your people take the initiative to approach that boy Yang."

When Fu Yue and Xiao Yuer heard this, their beautiful eyes froze, they looked at each other and left the imperial study.

Emperor Jianwen lowered his head and continued to approve the memorial, with an inexplicable smile on his lips.