After figuring out the cause of the matter … Li Yi felt even more upset in his heart.
Being cheated by others and being cheated by oneself were two completely different feelings.
He raised his head to look at MIngzhu and sighed in his heart. This girl was really honest …
He was just saying it casually. Who would have thought that anyone could become a county lieutenant? Moreover, he didn't expect that this honest girl would take it so seriously?
If he had known that this would be the result, he wouldn't have said that it would be a county lieutenant. At the very least, he would have been a prefectural magistrate.
While he was thinking about this, MIngzhu had already taken out a small unopened wine jar from the corner of the counter. She sat back at the table with satisfaction and took back the wine cup from Li Yi's hand to refill it.
The cup that he drank just now was at most water wine. This scholar's alcohol tolerance was probably similar to that cheap cousin of his.
"You have a say in the Emperor's side?" Li Yi came back to his senses and didn't blame her in his heart.
"Sort of."
MIngzhu nodded as a tacit agreement. Smelling the fragrance of the wine, a trace of satisfaction flashed in her eyes and she picked up the wine cup.
Li Yi looked at her and asked tentatively, "Then how about we make a deal? You don't want to be a county lieutenant, but a prefectural magistrate?"
"Pfft!"
MIngzhu didn't manage to swallow a mouthful of wine and spat it out.
Li Yi, who was sitting right in front of her, was caught off guard. He was caught off guard and the wine was sprayed all over his face. He wiped the wine off his face and looked at her with a stiff expression.
"Do you think a prefectural magistrate is a cabbage!" Even someone as calm as her couldn't help but lose her composure after hearing Li Yi's words. Not to mention a prefectural magistrate, even the appointment and dismissal of a county magistrate wasn't something she could control. Changing to a prefectural magistrate? He really dared to think!
After throwing him a supercilious look, she stood up and walked outside. "The position of a county lieutenant cannot be left vacant. If there's nothing else, you should report to the county government early!"
After walking out of the door, he turned back and picked up the wine jar, saying, "I'm taking the wine away …"
Li Yi stared blankly at her disappearing figure, feeling as if he had been betrayed …
…
"I heard that you're going to be a county lieutenant?" Li Xuan asked in surprise as soon as he walked into the shop.
"How did you know?" Li Yi sat on the chair listlessly, raised his head and glanced at him.
After asking, he felt like he had asked a useless question. In Qing An Fu, what could be hidden from him?
"MIngzhu said so." Li Xuan sat opposite him and said, "MIngzhu said that with your abilities, you have nothing to do anyway. It would be a pity if you don't find something to do …"
"I didn't think that MIngzhu would have such an evaluation of you …" Li Xuan's tone was a bit gloomy. Ever since he was young, this cousin of his had always ignored him. Not only him, but others as well. This made Li Xuan feel very defeated. This was the first time he had heard her use the word "capable" to describe a man.
He looked at Li Yi seriously and felt that there was nothing special about him. Although he was outstanding enough compared to others, compared to himself, there was still a small gap.
Of course, he still had something to ask of Li Yi. He only thought these words in his heart and didn't say them out loud.
"What? I have nothing to do anyway. It would be a pity if you don't find something for me to do? " The expression on Li Yi's face froze. When he thought of the indifferent expression on the bailiff's face when she said these words, he couldn't help but feel a surge of anger in his heart.
So she did it on purpose!
When he walked in the stockade the day before, the people around him avoided him like they were avoiding the plague. Everywhere he went, people retreated. The naughty child wanted to come over and greet him but was held under the arms of the adults in the family. They quickly hid in the house and closed the door. Two pairs of eyes peeked out from the crack of the door …
When he encountered someone he couldn't avoid, he would stand where he was and call out "County Lieutenant" in a trembling voice. After that, he would run away. Even the dogs in the stockade couldn't catch up to him …
Other than Fang, even the people who were close to Ruyi and her sister were somewhat uneasy when they saw him.
It was even more difficult to explain to the family. The little servant girl was heartless and hadn't changed much from before. When she was doing things, she would sometimes secretly cover her mouth and laugh. No one knew what she was thinking.
As for Ruyi, he couldn't tell her that the Emperor was crazy and suddenly wanted to make him a county lieutenant …
Last night, Li Yi rested in the shop. When he thought of how to explain it to Ruyi, the two of them would have a good talk.
"Do you still remember the Psychology of Women and the Thirty-six Ways to Woo a Girl that I mentioned last time?" Li Yi looked at Li Xuan and asked.
"Of course I remember." Li Xuan nodded. This was what Li Yi promised to teach him last time, but he hadn't fulfilled it yet.
"I'll teach you these things now." Li Yi said with a serious face, "You can go and woo the bailiff now."
Since she made him worry, Li Yi certainly didn't want her to live comfortably.
Now he would teach Li Xuan how to woo a girl shamelessly and annoy her to death …
"Why do you want to woo her?" Li Xuan was stunned when he heard it, then he said in shock, "She is my cousin!"
This time it was Li Yi's turn to be puzzled. "Then why did you ask me to write a poem last time?"
"I just want her to see me in a different light …" Li Xuan, who had been ignored since childhood, wanted to see different emotions from her as her cousin. However, this goal had been achieved a few days ago.
"Speaking of which, I still have to thank you. Last time, I made a bet with MIngzhu. Which of the two rocks of different sizes would fall first …" Thinking of her expression at that time, Li Xuan couldn't help but smile. He cupped his fist and said to Li Yi.
Li Yi found that he had been wrong all this time. It turned out that this guy only wanted to show off in front of MIngzhu. In this world, if someone wanted to woo his cousin, his legs would still be broken.
"By the way, you can continue with 'The Psychology of Women' and '36 Ways to Woo a Girl' that you mentioned just now." Obviously, Li Xuan was still very interested in the topic he just talked about.
"I forgot …" Li Yi waved his hand. The idea of letting Li Xuan annoy the bailiff also failed, so he immediately lost interest.
After giving a few words to the girls, he started to walk out of the door.
"Where are you going?" Li Xuan asked.
Li Yi didn't answer, so Li Xuan hurriedly followed him.
In the Anxi county government office, Li Yi and Li Xuan were stopped by the yamen runner at the door.
The yamen runner stopped them and asked, "Who are you? What business do you have in the county government office?"
Li Yi took out his waist token and waved it in front of the yamen runner. The yamen runner's expression immediately changed. He bowed and said, "Lord County Lieutenant!"
Seeing the two of them walk into the county government office, the yamen runner patted his chest after they disappeared. That scholarly young man just now was the new Lord County Lieutenant?
He was too young!
Just when the yamen runner was thinking whether the new Lord County Lieutenant was reliable, County Magistrate Liu was a little distressed in the county government office.
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