Xiao Jiading just nodded, his eyes full of sadness, but he did not thank him again because this was the treatment he exchanged for death. How could he thank him?

Speaking of this, there was no way to continue. The three of them were silent for a long time. Li Ke waved his hand and signaled that Xiao Jiading could go back first. Xiao Jiading then stood up and said goodbye. The next morning, Xiao Jiading received a formal document and transferred him to the Yizhou Grand Governor's Office as the Chief of Hou. This was a success for a clerk. Even the magistrate Kang was so surprised that he couldn't close his mouth. The entire county government was even more excited, and there were endless congratulations. The dinner party in the morning and afternoon was about half a month later.

At noon, the magistrate Kang County held a banquet to congratulate him, and also thanked him for several major reliefs to the magistrate Kang County during his stay in Shaocheng County. All the well-known officials from the county came. The banquet was drunk until the evening, and it was very lively.

In the evening, Xiao Jiading said goodbye and returned home staggeringly. The house was already full of people. Huang Sifang, who had been supported by Xiao Jiading, and several other people, came to give gifts and congratulations. Xiao Jiading couldn't see clearly even when he was drunk. Chimei quickly asked Yuzhen to help him go back to his room to rest, and asked Yun Yan to make sober plum soup to sober him.

In a hurry, King Li Ke of Shu sent someone to send an invitation and asked Xiao Jiading to go to the royal palace immediately.

When Xiao Jiading heard this, did something happen again? He woke up a lot of alcohol and quickly arrived at the Shu Prince's Mansion in a carriage.

When I arrived at the flower hall of the palace, I saw an old man with a somewhat obese figure talking to King Shu Li Ke and Princess Yang. When I saw Xiao Jiading coming in, I called out: "Xiao Zhiyi, come here to meet Hou Changshi."

Only then did Xiao Jiading realize that the slightly fat official in front of him was his future boss, Hou Changshi of the Grand Governor's Office. He quickly stepped forward and bowed and bowed: "See Hou Changshi."

After returning the ceremony, Hou Changshi replied, stroked his white beard and said, "Brother Xiao, the King of Shu appreciates you. I have heard of Brother Xiao's literary talent and knowledge for a long time. It is amazing to have seven steps to become a poem and proficient in criminal law. The King of Shu has already explained it. We will continue to register prisoners this time, your opinion is my opinion. I don't understand criminal law, and everything depends on your brother."

"Hello, Chief Hou, are polite." Xiao Jiading said humbly and humbly, unable to help but burp.

Princess Yang smiled and said, "Look at you, I've drunk a lot of bars? Okay, let's just tell me a long story. It's also good to let you go back early to rest. - Hou Changshi, please come back first. We have something to tell Brother Xiao."

"Yes, yes! My subordinates say goodbye."

Hou Changshi stood up and said goodbye and left.

Princess Yang then clapped her palms and said loudly: "Come in!"

As soon as he finished speaking, two young women turned out from behind the screen. Qiao Shengsheng stood in front of him.

Xiao Jiading couldn't see it in a dim dim way, but he just felt really handsome. He thought to himself, could Princess Yang give her two beauties a thank you? There were enough women around him, so he couldn't do anything anymore.

Before he could speak, Princess Yang also said first: "Two girls, let me introduce you to Brother Xiao, who is the number one talented man in Yizhou, and can become a poem in seven steps. He once competed on the same stage with Lu Zhaolin, the number one talented man in the capital, and ranked first. Haha, he is currently the Marquis of the Marquis of the Grand Governor's Office of Yizhou, and is proficient in criminal laws. He is the main person in charge of this prison registration. Brother Xiao, let me introduce you to two distinguished guests from the capital. This is Wu Yueniang, the sister of the emperor's favorite concubine Wu Jieyu. This is Changsun Yanran, the granddaughter of the Changsun Prime Minister."

When Xiao Jiading heard this, his head buzzed. He hurriedly took two steps forward, blinked his eyes, and stared hard, and finally saw clearly the two girls in front of him. Aren’t it Wu Yueniang and Changsun Yanran?

Wu Yueniang just looked up and down at the drunkard in front of her and frowned slightly. When he saw Xiao Jiading, he had painted oil on his face and his voice deliberately hoarse and changed tone, so he did not associate the drunken scholar in front of him with the majestic Xiao Dalang on Xianguo Island.

Changsun Yanran was surprised and couldn't help but pounce on her. She immediately saw Xiao Jiading's eyes stopping, and immediately remembered what she said on the island, asking her not to let outsiders know that she had seen Xiao Jiading's true face, so she quickly stopped, and her surprise face returned to calm. In order not to let her eyes betray her, she even hung her beautiful eyes and looked at the ground.

Fortunately, her expression did not fall into the eyes of Li Ke and Princess Yang, because their eyes were focused on Wu Yueniang. They also knew that this was not a good opportunity to meet them, because Xiao Jiading was drunk and had a bad impression, but there was no way, because they were going to leave for the capital the next day, and they didn't know whether they could come back here. There was no time to delay them, and they also believed that Xiao Jiading's talent would gradually conquer Wu Yueniang's heart. As for Changsun Yanran, it was the daughter of the enemy, but the hatred between the two sides had nothing to do with her, so Li Ke did not treat her, but neither of the couple focused on her. This was human nature, and it also gave Changsun Yanran the opportunity to hide her from being incompetent.

Li Ke smiled and said, "Brother Xiao, Miss Wu and Miss Changsun, came to Yizhou to relax. I happened to hear that you are going to go to various places to register prisoners, and they are also very proficient in criminal law, so they want to go with you. What do you think?"

Xiao Jiading was confused. After hearing this, he quickly bowed and said, "Welcome to you, the two girls are proficient in criminal laws. With the guidance of two girls, it is safer to get prisoners."

The current emperor Li Zhi attaches great importance to the law. In order to please the emperor, Wu Zetian naturally worked hard to study the law so that he could have a common language with the emperor. As Wu Zetian's sister, Wu Yueniang was also deeply influenced, so he also had a deep study of the law. As for Changsun Yanran, his grandfather Changsun Wuji was a famous jurist in ancient China and the main contributor of "Tang Rules Commentary". As his granddaughter, Changsun Yanran naturally had deep attainments in the law.

Wu Yueniang tilted her head and said to Li Ke: "Third brother, have you found this drunkard who loves wine and drinks to accompany us?"

Li Ke is the third brother of Wu Yueniang's emperor brother-in-law, and the two are in-laws. So he also calls Li Ke that.

Before Li Ke could speak, Xiao Jiading burped and recited: "If the sky does not love wine, the wine star will not be in the sky. If the earth does not love wine, the earth should not have wine springs. - This is the case with the heaven and earth, let alone the mortals like us?"

Li Ke laughed and said, "How is it? I said he can become a poem in seven steps, right? Do you believe it now?"

Wu Yueniang looked at Xiao Jiading up and down, and saw that in addition to being drunk, he was handsome and elegant, and did not speak sourly. This improvisation also had a sense of heroism. Not only did the impression improve slightly, he snorted slightly, looked at Xiao Jiading and said, "I can't tell, you scholar is still a little funny. Okay, when will we set out to take prisoners?"

"Tomorrow!" Li Ke, who was standing beside him, helped answer, "We will go to Beijing tomorrow. You will go to the prison and have already issued official documents."

"Okay!" Wu Yueniang said to Princess Yang: "Sister-in-law, I'm hungry, so I won't be able to eat?"

Princess Yang smiled and said, "It's already prepared, Brother Xiao, can you eat together?"

"Okay!"

Hearing that Xiao Jiading was about to stay. Changsun Yanran was secretly happy and followed him to the kitchen hall where a banquet had already been set up. Li Ke deliberately arranged Xiao Jiading to sit next to Wu Yueniang. Wu Yueniang tilted her head and looked at him: "Can you drink here?"

Princess Yang, who was standing by, replied to him with a smile: "A poem that Brother Xiao won the Yizhou Poetry Club, one of which is: Bells, drums, delicacies and jade are not expensive, I hope I will never wake up after being drunk! - Do you think he can drink or not?"

Wu Yueniang said oh, "It's not bad, come and change it to a big bowl. I want to see if this number one talented man in Yizhou who has become a poem in seven steps. Is this number one drinking capacity?"

Changsun Yanran quickly said, "Sister Yue Niang, Xiao Zhiyi is already drunk, so drink less so as not to delay tomorrow's itinerary. Why do you have to go to prison tomorrow?"

Xiao Jiading looked at Changsun Yanran with a smile, waved his hand, and said, "It's okay, two beauties like fairys are here, how can you not drink to accompany you? Change to a big glass!"

Originally, what Xiao Jiading hated the most was that women were lifting their strength at the wine table. Wu Haiyan was so tidied by him. Now Wu Yueniang was lifting his strength again, so he naturally would not retreat. However, Wu Yueniang and Wu Haiyan could not compare. This person is likely to become his wife and will be his future backer, so he naturally could not make people ugly. Therefore, he did not take the initiative to invite the glass, but just passively deal with the answer. Wu Yueniang drank three bowls with him in a row. Wu Yueniang felt that it was no longer possible, but Xiao Jiading was still the same. Wu Yueniang then realized that this kid was so generous that he could not be able to fix it.

So she instigated Changsun Yanran to toast again. Changsun Yanran did not listen to her and just looked at Xiao Jiading with a smile.

It was late at night and the banquet ended. Everyone went back to rest.

The next morning, Xiao Jiading followed Hou Changshi to the city gate and sent Li Ke and his wife to Beijing. Because Li Ke left quietly this time, only a few people knew that no one came to see him off. Of course, Changsun Yanran and Wu Yueniang lived in the palace last night and were coming to see him off. They didn't know the whole story, and they thought Li Ke was just going back to the capital to recuperate, so they talked very lively, which swept away a lot of the bleak atmosphere.

When Li Ke talked to Xiao Jiading alone, he whispered: "This is a rare opportunity. You must seize it and win Miss Wu's favor. Then there will be no problem with this matter."

"I understand, I will do my best."

"You can do it! I believe!" Li Ke patted his shoulder and said with a smile.

Xiao Jiading himself was upset. If it were another woman, he would be full of confidence. However, Xiao Jiading was really not sure about Wu Yueniang, a rude woman who couldn't figure it out. Although she had forced Changsun Yan and the others to come back to save him when she ran away, she had seen her acting too many times, so Xiao Jiading might not believe what she saw.

Tang Lin also talked to Xiao Jiading alone. His face was heavy and he whispered: "This time Changsun Wuji made a ruthless move. The prince is afraid that he will be sad. Our original plan... Oh! I'm afraid that it won't work anymore. You have talent and ambitions and will definitely make a name for yourself in the future. Work hard. As for our plan, I'm afraid there will be no chance..."

Seeing that he looked depressed and knew that he would make a comeback, Xiao Jiading comforted him: "Sima Tang doesn't have to be discouraged. As the saying goes, there must be a road before the car arrives at the mountain, and everything will be fine."

"I hope!" Tang Lin sighed again, "I won't take Ya Niang away. She is like my daughter. I don't want her to take risks with me. I know she likes you very much. If I am unlucky with the King of Shu, you can redeem her and keep it with you."

When Xiao Jiading heard him say something, he blushed a little and said, "Tang Sima Jiren has his own appearance and will not be in trouble. As for Ya Niang, I will definitely take care of her, please rest assured."

"Yeah!" Tang Lin waved his hand and got on the carriage.

Seeing Li Ke and his wife Princess Yang also boarding the car and walking away under the guards, Xiao Jiading suddenly felt a sad feeling. This feeling of knowing the other party's tragic fate was not as transcendent and refreshing as imagined.

After seeing Li Ke and the others off, Xiao Jiading and the others returned to the yamen, the team here was preparing to set off. Tang Lin told him that if something happened to Tang Lin, he would redeem Ya Niang as a concubine. Tang Lin would not have any trouble this time, so there was no hurry to do this. Besides, there was also a little jealous person like Changsun Yanran. If she knew that her two brothel women were by her side, she would not know how many waves of jealousy would cause.

Li Ke prepared a luxury carriage for Wu Yueniang and Changsun Yanran. For the sake of their safety, both of them dressed up as women and participated in the prison registration as Li Ke’s special legal counsel. Xiao Jiading also met Wu Yueniang’s personal bodyguard Grandma Long. One of her legs broke. Li Ke made him a pair of pure steel crutches and was in the same car as Wu Yueniang, but she did not recognize Xiao Jiading.

They continued their last itinerary. Their target was Fangyi Prefecture in Suizhou, which is the location of Suizhou's prefecture. It is also one of the farthest prefectures and counties from Yizhou, and it takes nearly three days to travel. That night, they lived in Binshui County in Linzhou.

They were representing Shu King Li Ke to take prisoners, and they were led by the third-rank Grand Governor's Office, the governor of Linzhou brought civil and military officials to greet the city gate. Although they were just passing by, they did not dare to neglect them.

When we arrived at the yamen, we set up a banquet to entertain. We arranged to stay in the best inn in Linzhou that night. We arranged a separate suite for Xiao Jiading and the others.

When Xiao Jiading returned to his room, he did not rest immediately or light the lights, so he sat quietly in the room and waited. He knew that Changsun Yanran would definitely come to find him.

Sure enough, when everything was quiet, Xiao Jiading heard the sound of the window gently knocking. He immediately opened the window, and a black shadow floated in, accompanied by a gust of fragrant wind, plunged into his arms. Although there was no light in the room, Xiao Jiading still saw that the black shadow was Changsun Yanran who he was waiting for, and the two hugged and kissed each other tightly.

After kissing for a moment, Changsun started to cry softly.
Chapter completed!