In the past few days, Xu Qiao has not spent the night in the Jingwei Department, so he went home after getting off the yamen.

His wife Pang Shi asked him worriedly: "Master Three, what if the censors know? Is the futons in the yamen not warm enough? There are two new futons at home, all of which are made of new cotton. I asked Xu Xiaofu to take it over."

"No, no, the mattress in the yamen is very warm. Oh, I just want to come back to accompany you. When is it now? What the censors do?" Xu Qiao said helplessly.

Pang Shi breathed a sigh of relief and her face turned red again. Fortunately, the maid was not in the house, and the third master was really the one who wanted to be his grandfather and grandmother.

"It's okay at home, everything is good, and I'm fine. Business matters are important, you don't have to worry about the family." Pang Shi said with a smile.

Xu Qiao didn't say anything, and reached out to hold Pang's hand.

Ponzi's hands are rough but warm.

At this time, the maid's voice sounded outside the door: "Master Three, a man named Ning from the yamen came to you and said that there was something important, but the gatekeeper did not dare to stop him. He has already arrived outside our yard."

The surname is Ning?

Xu Qiao was stunned, Pang Shi blushed and took the opportunity to pull her hand out.

"Since you are from the yamen, go and have a look." Pang Shi urged.

"Yes." Xu Qiao stood up, looked at Pang's cheeks as bright as red, and couldn't help but smile.

The person who came was not Ning Qi or Ning Jiu who Xu Qiao thought, but this was a strange young man.

"Commander Xu, my surname is Ning, and my family is 11. I am afraid that you will not know me, so I used the names of two brothers and asked Commander Xu to forgive me."

It turned out to be the little brother of the Ning family, and he is still young, no wonder he doesn't know him.

Xu Qiao nodded and said, "It's okay."

Ning Shiyi grinned, revealing a mouthful of snow-white teeth.

"I came here on the order of the prince. The prince was serving the disease and it was not convenient to go out, so I sent me over and asked Commander Xu when he would be able to sit in the Duke's Mansion."

This was too unexpected to Xu Qiao.

Although they are under the roof of the same yamen, for Xu Qiao and the entire Jingwei Department, Xiao Yi is the existence of Yangchun Baixue.

Don't say that he is the main person, Xiao Yi is the deputy. This is different, it is different at all.

There are some things in this world that you can't get even if you struggle for a lifetime.

For example, you think you have made money, but one day you walked by a house and found that there are many people like you who are trying every means to send money and silver into their house... and you can't even send it in!

Or maybe you have won the top scorer after studying hard in the window and saw all the flowers in Chang'an, but when you become an official, you realize that the peak of your life is just the beginning of the long road of officialdom. You have just walked out of the small mountain village in your hometown. You are not greedy or profitable. If you save for ten years, your salary will not be able to afford a small courtyard in the capital.

However, some people never have to worry about the small courtyard where they live, nor have they have to worry about their future. What they have to do is to make themselves better, to make perfect use of their parents' resources, and to make themselves and their families stronger.

Xiao Yi is such a person.

Xu Qiao knew Xiao Yi since she was a child. Not only Xiao Yi, but also several brothers from the Xiao family knew each other, but he knew them, but they might not necessarily know him.

They are all nobles, but they are not in the same circle.

Until he became the commander, Xiao Yi became his deputy. As Duke Cheng, the eldest brother, said with envy: "You kid, you must take advantage of this opportunity. It is so shameful to be in the same yamen as Prince Xiao."

Xu Qiao has always been neither far nor close to Xiao Yi, and the relationship between the two is neither too quiet. Xu Qiao knows that Xiao Yi has many people who do things under him, some in the light, some in the dark, some in the light, and some in the shadows. He knows it well that Xiao Yi must have checked him and believes that he has no threat, otherwise people like Xiao Yi will not be willing to condescend to him.

Since Ning Qi and Ning Jiu appeared in the Jingwei Department, Xu Qiao has known that the little things between him and Huang must be hidden.

Fortunately, he made a quick decision and sent Huang away, and the person was gone. Even if the matter was revealed, there would be no evidence.

Xu Qiao sighed in his heart. Xiao Yi looked for him at this time. It seemed that what should be come, and there were things that could not be avoided.

"You came by chance. I was just about to visit the Duke again. Let's go now." Xu Qiao said with a smile.

Ning Shiyi was surprised, it was too easy.

On the way he came, he was still wondering if Xu Qiao disagreed, whether he would be strong, such as Xu Qiao suddenly disappeared on the way to the yamen or the yamen.

"What? Brother Ning, is it inconvenient now?" Xu Qiao asked.

Ning Shiyi laughed: "It's convenient, of course it's convenient. Commander Xu has time, that's the best. The prince is waiting for you."

Xiao Yi and Ning Shiyi were different, and he was not surprised. In fact, since Ning Shiyi went out, he had been waiting for Xu Qiao.

After a few years of colleagues, Xiao Yi knew Xu Qiao. In the eyes of many people, Xu Qiao is a small person.

Even though he was the commander of the third-rank Jingwei Department, he was still a small person.

But Xiao Yi never looked down on Xu Qiao. A helpless person who has no money and power is neither an imperial examination nor outstanding military achievements. He can reach his current position. Such a person is already a strong man.

Moreover, except for the Huang family's incident, Xu Qiao did not leave any handle. He was like a loach, and he could wander freely even in a mud pond.

Loaches are loaches. Maybe they can never leap into dragon gates and turn into dragons, but as long as they give him a narrow small river, he can swim from the mud pond into the big river.

If you despise such a person, you are a fool.

Tea is the Great Red Painted by the Imperial Palace. The dim sum in the Duke of Dingguo's mansion is comparable to the imperial court in the palace. Xu Qiao drank tea and ate the dim sum with a calm look on his face.

After he finished a plate of snacks and drank two more cups of tea, Xiao Yi then said, "I heard that the housing prices in the capital have plummeted. Did Brother Xu think about taking the opportunity to buy a few more properties?"

Xu Qiao smiled bitterly and shook her head, saying, "I have very little money left if I marry my daughter next year. Besides, our Xu family has no separation."

Without a separation, the property he bought was from the public office, unless it was placed in his wife's name like that small yard.

But my wife's family is just a well-off family. It is reasonable to say that one more property is supplemented by her family. If she has another one, she will inevitably be suspected by her sister-in-law. Maybe she will make trouble in the yamen. His brother and sister-in-law can do such a thing.

Xiao Yi sighed and said, "I heard that the former Imperial College Priest Master Dong's house was sold for only 3,000 taels. Alas, Lord Dong lost money. Not only this house, but also the books he had asked the Huang family escort agency to his hometown in Anhui, were also in the hands of the thieves. Poor the dozen escorts of the Huang San escort agency, more than 20 handlebars and Lifu, were not left, and they were all killed by the thieves."
Chapter completed!