Xu Ping sat at the table, holding a pen in his hand, tilted his head to look at the night outside the window, thinking hard.?

I have no big achievements to continue to work in the capital. It is not a good thing for both the country and the future career of my own. But what excuses should I take for work outside? This is a big problem.

Whether it is an official position or the dispatch of the deputy envoy of the salt and iron, it is neither high nor low, and it is extremely difficult to deal with when going out to work.

Xu Ping didn't mind putting down his status and being a magistrate in another place. He was lacking the qualifications of the magistrate, but others would not think so. Xu Ping lacked too much qualifications and was not yet at the level of an important place to go out of town as an important official. As an ordinary magistrate, he was demoted heavily. He worked hard over the past year and made a lot of contributions, and it was impossible to be demoted heavily. Xu Ping was willing, but his subordinates of the Secretariat would not agree. If he had made contributions or punished his faults, he would not be in chaos in the officialdom.

If he did not serve as the governor, he would serve as the chief of the Lu. Xu Ping had not served as the chief of the Lu-level prison envoy, appeasement envoy, and transportation envoy were all those who had not served as Xu Ping, especially the prison envoy and the transportation envoy were necessary for him to go further in the future. Zhao Zhen could ask him to skip these two steps and become the deputy salt and iron envoy, but he would never skip to be the Sansi Envoy. Regardless of the punishment envoy, the qualifications of the Transfer Envoy must be made up, otherwise the appointment of the Sansi Envoy would definitely not be able to pass the Zhongshu, and no one could be the prime minister.

The transfer envoy is at the same level as the judge of the Sansi Department in order of condemnation. If Xu Ping wants to do it, he must have a suitable reason. There is no explanation. A deputy salt and iron envoy inexplicably applied to be a transfer envoy, or if the deputy envoy of the Sansi Department did a good job, it was too funny. Who would agree?

Xu Ping just wanted to come up with a reason. He had been working for several nights in a row and had no idea.

After Xiuxiu grinds the ink, Xu Ping never moved it. He added a little water inside from time to time and stirred it slowly with an ink stick.

Not far away, Lin Suniang was doing needlework under the light, preparing new clothes for the children in her belly. From time to time, she looked up at Xu Ping and saw Xu Ping's half face that was swollen like a big steamed bun in her mouth, so she didn't get angry.

The teeth at the end were particularly strong and pulled down. Although Xu Ping rinsed his mouth with strong wine at that time, how could the wine be completely disinfected? His face became swollen shortly after he got home, and the swelling became worse and worse.

He hurriedly invited the imperial physician to come over. After seeing that it was nothing serious, Lin Su Niang could only feel relieved. The imperial physician had no choice but to treat the teeth, so he was good at this kind of external skin injury. He prescribed the medicine and said that it would be ripe in a few days and just squeeze out the pus, but Xu Ping would suffer for a few days.

Lin Suniang was so angry that she talked about Xu Ping many times. She was already in her twenties and her children were seven or eight years old. Why did she still make sex like she was when she was a teenager? If this is a bad thing, she will get a serious illness and have you ever thought about the consequences.

Xu Ping didn't argue with Lin Su Niang, and listened to whatever he said, but he didn't agree with it. Women, after all, have a long head and a short knowledge, and don't know that the pain is worse than a long pain. This ending tooth has to tortured herself for nearly a year, suffered countless hardships, and took three months of medical leave. Fortunately, there was nothing big in the court in these three months, and he was the emperor's care and the help of his confidants below, so that it was smooth. If he was an ordinary official, he would not know how many opportunities he missed in three months, and it was possible that he was not lucky enough to waste his life.

After enduring the pain at this moment, the teeth will never get sick in the future. No matter how Xu Ping calculates, he feels that he has made money. What does it matter if his face is swollen? He can count on the days when he is waiting for pus and swelling, and he is not as big as before. He can't eat or drink, so how can he live this life? He eats whatever he wants in the future and drinks whatever he wants.

Xiuxiu followed Xu Ping to Lingnan to see the world, so she never complained at all. Anyway, officials always make sense in doing things. They don’t understand it themselves, but they just can’t understand the truth. She honestly helped Xu Ping boil medicine and apply medicine, make something that can be eaten smoothly, and keep her body well.

Xu Ping thought for a long time, and his brain hurt, but he still had no eyebrows and eyes. He felt his body numb, and he thought of changing his position and continued to think about it. He accidentally touched half of his swollen face, grinning in pain.

He moved his eyes towards the moonlight outside the window, and held the pen in his hand, and Xu Ping fell to the table without realizing it.

Lin Suniang saw it and coughed gently.

Xu Ping sighed secretly in his heart and had to sit up straight again.

This is a habit that Lin Suniang developed since childhood. At that time, Xu Ping followed Lin Wensi to read and write, and she couldn't sit still in the seat and twisted around. When Lin Wensi saw it, she would cough and remind Xu Ping when she saw it, so that she would remind Xu Ping, asking him to avoid the teacher's punishment in time. One or two years later, Lin Suniang's habit had not been changed. When she saw Xu Ping's posture was not right, she would cough and remind her. Xu Ping was also used to it. When she heard Lin Suniang's cough, she would sit upright, like an old pedan behind the podium.

Xiuxiu saw it while smiling. When the official was wild, he was a person who was indifferent to the world. He was only honest in front of his wife and never saw him blushing in front of his wife. Many of the tacit understandings between the two were developed since childhood, and now they have become habits in life, and there is no reason to talk about.

It was about to enter mid-August, and the moon began to round, and before I knew it, it hung on the treetops and was set on the gem-like sky, making it look brighter.

Lin Suniang looked at the moonlight, put down the needle and thread in her hand and said, "It's getting late, let's take a break. There are still a few days left to go to court. Dalang slowly thought, don't hurry at this moment."

Xu Ping sighed, handed the pen in his hand to Xiuxiu, and stood up unhappily.

Xiuxiu took the pen, held it in her hands with the inkstone, and went to the yard to make water and wash the inkstone.

Lin Suniang saw Xiuxiu go out and said to Xu Ping: "Dalang, I never ask about your court affairs, but you have been frowning these days, and you must have encountered difficulties."

Speaking of this, Lin Su Niang smiled and shook her head: "I know that according to your temperament, your face is as swollen as the size of the two before, and you won't feel sad no matter how hard it is. This must be for business. Dalang, we are all from small families, and we are not as good as those wealthy families. When encountering difficulties, we have relatives to discuss. We can only rely on our own people. I am a wife and I don't understand the major affairs of the court, but if you have nowhere to resolve it, it's okay to talk to me."

Xu Ping lowered his head and thought for a while, suddenly looked up and asked Lin Su Niang: "Su Niang, you have lived in the capital for more than 20 years. Have you ever felt tired of it? The world is so big, have you ever thought about going out to take a look?"

Lin Suniang smiled and said, "Why, I'm not doing well in the court and want to go out for a job? But I'll wait for two more months for the child in my stomach to be born, and I'll go with you. Also, don't choose remote prefectures such as Guangnan, Chuanxia, ​​and Shaanxi this time, you can't take your family. No matter where you go, it's better for us to be together."

Xu Ping said: "I'm not far away. I chose a place nearer this time and I'll take a breath outside the court. You should also know that I've been in Yongzhou for six years, but I've been a magistrate. In the last year, I've been a magistrate. There is no clear statement in the law of condemning the law and the Xidong affairs. The qualifications are too shallow. In the year I returned to Beijing, the emperor took care of me from many places and mentioned the position of Deputy Envoy of Salt and Iron. It's good to have a high position and have poor qualifications, but I'm young and I'm not easy to walk in the officialdom in the future, so I have to go out."

"Then go out and take advantage of your youth and make up for all the lack, otherwise the future will not be more difficult? I am the daughter of a poor scholar, not a lady from a wealthy family. What kind of hardship can't endure? Even if you do your own thing, don't have to consider your family's back. However, your face is so swollen now that the imperial physician only says it's okay, and he doesn't know whether what you said is true or false. At least when your injury is healed and the child is born, then consider these things."

Xu Ping sighed: "Su Niang, you don't know the affairs of the officialdom. Now there are too many monks and few porridges. Where can I choose so many empty officials? If you want to go out, you have to plan in advance and send the memorials early to wait for the previous term to complete the exam before you can take office. What I want to go to now is Jingdong, Jingxi and Jinghu Road. It was best to go to Jingxi Road. Everything was convenient, but unfortunately, Wang Yong, the transferee of Jingxi Road, will be full immediately, and the next term has already been deducted, so he can't wait for the previous year. Zhang Cunxin, the transferee of Jingdong Road, has been in office for less than a year and will be full soon. It was just right, but because of the famine, he has provided good relief and has just received rewards, so it is difficult to transfer. Now, I am pointing at Jinghu Road. Do you think that once I handed over this memorial, I can go out for a job? Alas, how difficult it is."

Lin Suniang smiled and said, "Jinghu Road is just Jinghu Road. What's the matter? After waiting for a few months, all the family matters will be arranged, but it's best."

"There is a difficult situation now. I applied for a foreign transfer envoy as Deputy Envoy of the Third Division. There is no precedent for it without being demoted. I am not so stupid as to seek demotion myself. I think of any reason, which makes people feel a headache."

Lin Suniang said, "When Dalang first returned to Beijing, did the former judge Xu Shen, who was the salt and iron, go to serve as the Jiangnan Road Transportation Commissioner? I remember what he said at that time, he was not demoted, right? Although he did not turn over what Dalang said to him this year."

"That's the judge, how can I compare with the deputy envoy? The deputy envoy of salt and iron can only be said to be the transfer envoy of the third route of Shaanxi, Hedong and Hebei as the third route, but now I don't want to go along the third route of the border."

For Xu Ping, the three routes along the border are not just a long journey and cannot bring family members. The most important thing is that there is a coach there, and the transfer officer is really only responsible for transporting grain and grass, and his authority is greatly restricted. Xu Ping went out to perform his ambitions and did not become a grain transport officer. The first thing he ruled out was those three routes.

After thinking about it, Xu Ping said to Lin Su Niang: "Okay, I'll have a headache about these things. Just take care of yourself. There must be a way before the car arrives at the mountain, and you can always come up with a solution."

Lin Su Niang nodded, turned around and saw Xiuxiu coming back with a pen and inkstone, and went into the study to put it in. She whispered to Xu Ping: "Xiuxiu is also a big girl, and you can't keep letting her be by her side, delaying her. When your illness is cured, she will go home and find a good family to marry. Besides, since you have an outsider, it's not good to take her with her again."

Xu Ping turned around and looked at Xiuxiu, feeling inexplicably irritated, and said to Lin Su Niang: "I'll talk about this later! Okay, it's getting late, let's take a break, I'll talk about it tomorrow." (To be continued.)8
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