Chapter 490 Qing'er is missing
The next morning, Li Yanqing came to Zuozhenglou in the Western Shangshu Province. It has become a temporary official office for the military prison, but it is still relatively deserted. The army has not arrived yet, the staffing is not complete, and even the miscellaneous expenses of the government office have not been allocated. The military prison is basically an empty yamen.
However, the official room has been decided. The Zuozheng Building covers a large area, with three floors in total, and there are hundreds of rooms around it. The third floor is the official room of the Zhijun Supervisor Fan Zhixu and the chief clerk, the second floor is the official room of the Censorate and the Privy Council, and the first floor is the official room of the Deliberative Hall and the Ministry of War.
The Censor's Office is on the second floor. They and the Privy Council have half of them, and even half of them have six large rooms. Li Yanqing's Office covers at least 150 square meters of area and is extremely spacious. The room is empty, with only a few pieces of furniture and items sent by the Censor's Office, including a large table, two cabinets, a brazier that has been used for at least decades and a rusty incense burner.
Li Yanqing sat down in front of his seat. The table was also very old, but it was very generous, a circle larger than the large table of the Censor General, like a small conference table.
The large table and the empty and spacious room made him a little difficult to adapt to. The key was that there were no files in the bookcase, the drawers were empty, and there was no pen, ink, paper and ink on the table.
At this time, the door opened, and a tea boy walked in with a cup of hot teacup. Li Yanqing was stunned, "Brother Ying, why is it you?"
This tea boy was Ying Ge'er, a little tea boy at the Censorate. He really didn't expect that Ying Ge'er put the tea cup on the table and bowed respectfully and said: "Just Liu transferred me here, and he said I need to do things here too."
Li Yanqing nodded, "Then you stay!"
Ying Ge'er's salary was very meager, and he had some income all by rewarding. Li Yanqing also knew that his family was in a difficult situation, so he took a piece of silver worth two taels and handed it to Ying Ge'er, "This reward is for you!"
"Ah! There are too many, I can't ask for it!" Ying Ge'er waved his hands repeatedly.
"Please accept it first! I will give you a fixed amount of material for 8 jin per month, so I don't have to give you a reward."
Ying Ge'er was both excited and grateful, bowing to thank him repeatedly, "Thank you, Jingshi Li!"
"Please accept this silver first!" Li Yanqing stuffed the silver to him.
Ying Ge'er was moved to hold the money and bowed to Li Yanqing again and said, "There is nothing here. I took the tea sets and tea cakes from the Censorate. Liu Zhubo ordered that if the officials need anything else, I will go to the Censorate to get it!"
Li Yanqing smiled and said, "Then thank you for your hard work, bring me some pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and get a few more incense."
"The villain understands, I have to get some more charcoal!" Ying Ge'er pointed to the empty brazier.
Li Yanqing was not invaded by the cold and heat, so he didn't need to burn fire, but the two deputy envoys next door might need it, so he smiled and said, "Okay! Go and ask the two deputy envoys next door what else they need, and get it together."
"I'll go now!"
Brother Ying ran to the next door. Just as he left, Qin Hui walked in from outside, clasped his fists and apologized: "Censor Li, I'm sorry. There is no official government money yet, and many items cannot be purchased. However, Xianggong Fan has promised that the money will be allocated the day after tomorrow. I hope Censor Li will overcome it in the next two days."
Li Yanqing smiled, "It doesn't matter, but I want to know when a thousand troops can be sent down?"
"This...Military matters, Xianggong Fan is still negotiating with the Privy Council, so it should not be so fast. Moreover, if the army comes, how to solve the houses and supplies, these are big problems. I guess it will be next year."
Li Yanqing felt helpless. No wonder Deng Yong said that transferring himself to the military prison was a kind of derogation. Now it seems that this military prison is just an empty yamen. It is still unknown when it will be able to operate. It is said that it is to supervise the military logistics, but which army is willing to be supervised?
This was the case with many things in the Song Dynasty. The emperor decided to do something on a whim. Although the civil servants did not dare to object, they would use the method of delay. In the end, the emperor's interest was gone and the matter was left alone. God knows whether the military prison would be the same.
"Isn't Qin Guanren very good at the Taixue? Why do you think of transferring here?" Li Yanqing asked with a smile again.
Qin Hui smiled bitterly and said, "Actually, I am the same as Censor Li. Censor Li said something he shouldn't say at the court meeting. I didn't manage the Taixue well. Taixue students marched on a large scale against the removal of Biyong. Although the court compromised, the last board of accountability hit me. Wang Xianggong wanted to drive me to the local state school, but Zhang Xianggong pleaded for me and said that the military prison might need someone, so he recommended me to Xianggong Fan."
Li Yanqing was speechless for a while. It turned out that this military prison was really an exile place.
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Li Yanqing spent the morning without doing anything. At noon, he came to Qingfeng Teahouse for a break. After drinking a cup of tea, he saw Yang Guang standing on the stairs and looking around.
Li Yanqing got up and walked over, "What's the matter?"
"Magpie asks the officials to go back to the mansion quickly, it seems that something happened to Miss Hu?"
Li Yanqing was stunned, and quickly settled the tent and went downstairs. He asked outside the teahouse: "What happened?"
"I don't know very well about the specifics. Magpie just asked me to notify the officials to go home quickly!"
Li Yanqing turned over and urged the horse to run towards the mansion. Soon after, he came to the gate of the mansion. He turned over and dismounted, and the magpie ran out of the mansion and handed it to Li Yanqing with a note, "This is the note Qing'er left in the morning."
Li Yanqing opened the note and only said, "The father's revenge is irreconcilable, Qing'er dies without any resentment!"
Li Yanqing was surprised in his heart that Qing'er had been here for several months, and the scars had gradually calmed down. Why did he suddenly have the idea of revenge? This shouldn't be done!
"Have you gone to find her?"
"Zhang Hu and the others have gone out to search, there is no news yet."
Li Yanqing walked into the gate and met Sisi coming out, "Mr., it must be someone who found Qing'er yesterday!"
"Who is it?"
"I don't know either. Qing'er went out yesterday morning and was very happy when she came back. She said she met an old friend, and then I heard from Uncle Tai that someone came to find Qing'er yesterday afternoon."
"Where is Uncle Tai?"
"Official, I'm here!" The butler Uncle Tai hurried over.
Li Yanqing asked: "Who came to find Qing'er yesterday afternoon?"
"It's an elderly man who was leaning on a cane. Miss Qing'er went out with him and came back after a while."
Li Yanqing pondered for a moment. He didn't know who came to find Qing'er, but one thing is certain. Qing'er should have gone to avenge his father. Did Song Jiang return to the capital?
"Does Qing'er have money?" Li Yanqing asked.
The magpie scratched her head, "Last time the master gave her one hundred taels of silver, but she didn't spend much, but she didn't take her away. I found it in her room."
Li Yanqing thought to himself, 'If you don't have money on you, you should still be in the capital.'
"Mr., what should I do now?"
Li Yanqing thought for a while and said, "Don't be too anxious about this matter. I'll go and inquire about the situation first."
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The capital has millions of people. If you want to find Hu Qing'er, the only way is to find out about Song Jiang. If Song Jiang is not in the capital, then Li Yanqing will have nothing to do.
Li Yanqing found Li Hui, the Privy Council, who was the representative of the military prison station of the Privy Council. Like Li Yanqing, he had nothing to do during this period.
Li Huinen was about 40 years old. After passing the Jinshi exam ten years ago, he has been working in the Privy Council. He has a deep qualification in the Privy Council. He has a good relationship with Li Yanqing. Li Yanqing asked him to check the news about Song Jiang. In less than half an hour, he gave Li Yanqing the answer he wanted.
"I asked, due to weather, Jiangnan's bandit suppression was suspended for one month, and many generals were going to Beijing to report their duties, including Song Jiang. This was the news from ten days ago. I guess Song Jiang should be in the capital now."
Li Yanqing hurriedly said, "Maybe I have to ask Brother Li to help me find out Song Jiang's current residence."
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Song Jiang also had a mansion in the capital, which was something that all the heroes of Liangshan could not have imagined. Chao Gai set rules for Liangshan that he had obtained, and the wealth he received was evenly distributed to the Juyi brothers. However, after the Liangshan army attacked the prefectures of the east and west routes of Beijing and Daming Prefecture in Hebei, he obtained a lot of wealth, especially the defeats of the official army several times, and the money was even more difficult to count.
Song Jiang allocated hundreds of thousands of chunks of money to buy a ten-acre mansion in the capital. Dai Zong secretly handled this matter for him, and no one in Liangshan generals knew about it.
Song Jiang’s mansion is located near Daxiangguo Temple. It is the most prosperous place for commercial business in the capital. Almost all famous shops gather here. It can be said that a five-acre house costs more than 100,000 yuan. Song Jiang’s mansion costs 300,000 yuan to buy it. It is located in a very quiet alley. The mansion is very new and has been closed for rent. There is no rent. Only two old couples live in it to guard the mansion.
Outside the alley are dozens of shops, opposite is the most famous Tang Family Gold and Silver Shop in Beijing. The shops on both sides include restaurants, teahouses, inns, snack shops, etc.
Chapter completed!